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Las Vegas Metro Police Department SAR team

November 30, 2003

The LVMPD SAR team has a great site. Their mission summaries are very well organized. The mission we saw yesterday at Red Rocks was not covered on the site yet. Perhaps it will be in the next few days.

Application of UAVs?

November 23, 2003

There is an article on CNN about the increasing use of Unmanned Ariel Vehicles (UAV). The article mentions civilian uses but only brushes on them. I'd be interested in exploring the capabilities of remotely controlled helicopters in SAR applications. For the places I can think of using them they would need several miles of range, the ability to return to base on their own, a fuel supply for at least an hour at a time, the ablity to have video and infra-red imaging systems on them and to have the video controlled remotely as well and fed back to a remote station. It would be great to hear from some folks who have ideas on what is possible and how this could work.

Search and education

October 20, 2003

Coloradoan: If Allen Weaver had his way he wouldn't have a volunteer job.

Congratulations to Allen on being named one of the Coloradoan Make a Difference Day award winners for 2003.

Remains found near clothes of missing boy

June 14, 2003

Twenty-five searchers from Larimer County Search and Rescue and Allyn Atadero were in the Poudre Canyon area today to search for remains of 3-year-old Jaryd Atadero who became separated from a group hiking in the area in October of 1999. Earlier this week the Larimer County Sheriff's office announced that hikers had found clothes, which were identified as being the clothes Jaryd wore the day he disappeared, in an area off the Big South Trail where Jaryd was last seen. 9news has a story on the search.

The Denver Post reports that investigators with with NecroSearch International of Denver will join the search as well.

News sources say this afternoon that remains were found in the area of the clothing found last week. The skull fragment and tooth have not yet been positively identified . Allyn Atadero, after viewing the remains said "They found him."

Clothes of missing boy found

June 10, 2003

Clothes, which have been identified as belonging to Jaryd Atadero, were found last week. Sheriff's department spokesperson Eloise Campanella, interviewed on Fox 31 News, told reporters the find was 500 vertical feet from the Big South Trail. Atadero was last seen in October of 1999 on an outing on that trail with a group of friends. The Larimer County Sheriff said on Tuesday that the garments found are consistent with the theory that Atadero was attacked and killed by a predator.

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