The
Hanover County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team is a specialized unit
trained and outfitted to handle search and rescue situations in a safe,
organized and methodical method.This
unit consists of one officer-in-charge and fifteen team members.These members respond wherever they are needed
to search for persons who are lost, missing, stranded or injured.They are trained and equipped to search day
or night, in any kind of weather and any kind of terrain.
Each member of the HCSO Search and Rescue
Team has been through a Search and Rescue for First Responders class.This is a three day course that teaches
officers the proper way to evaluate a situation and take the appropriate
initial actions.The Search and Rescue
Team is a vital function of the HCSO and to the citizens of Hanover
County.The time and resources needed
for this team to function is vital to the protection and safety of our
citizens.If someone gets lost or is
missing, the Search and Rescue Team has the skills and abilities to conduct a
systematic ground search, lead volunteers in search tasks and the extrication
of an individual once they have been located.
