Scent Evidence K9

12/10/2024

Buster Does It Again! Escambia Co Sheriff's Office K9 Team locates missing endangered person. Dep. Touchstone and K9 Buster, a scent discriminate Beagle, responded to help find a missing endangered adult on 12/8/24. The person had been missing for 45 min. K9 Buster trailed the scent article .3 miles to locate the individual. Dep. Touchstone and K9 Buster have been hot on the trail since training with Scent Evidence K9 and Bay County Sheriff's Office a few weeks ago, with multiple missing person finds.

Great Trail Dep. Touchstone and K9 Buster and thanks to the Escambia County Sheriff's Office for their commitment to creating a safer community and Bringing The Lost Home! To learn more about the Bringing The Lost Home Program visit ScentEvidenceK9.com Escambia County Sheriff's Office

12/10/2024

Fantastic week of scent discriminate handler training as 5 agencies began working with their 6 new SEK9 Bloodhounds. K9 Belle and K9 Duchess begin work this week at their new jobs with the Kissimmee Police Department (FL). K9 Cleo starts her new job with the Sokaogon Chippewa Community PD (WI). K9 Scout is ready to start work with the City of Chino Police Department (CA). K9 Gerty is on her way to CA as well to begin with Blue Haven Intl. and K9 Bayard will being starting his new job with the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office, NC. The K9 handlers did a great job bonding with their new K9 partners and all received their handler certifications. Thanks to the agencies for putting their trust in Scent Evidence K9 and we wish you the best as you go forward to bring the lost home and create safer communities. To learn more about scent discriminate K9 trailing Bloodhounds visit ScentEvidenceK9.com Senior Resource Alliance - SRA Florida

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours from Scent Evidence K9!

11/26/2024

New Hanover County Bloodhound Team Uses The SEKR To Locate Missing Endangered Juvenile! Master Dep. Sheriff Glen Pedersen and K9 Honey, a Scent Evidence K9 alumni, responded to help locate a missing endangered runaway on 11/25/24. The youth was last seen approx. 90 minutes prior to the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office K9 Team arriving on the scene. MDS Pedersen used the SEKR Scent Evidence Vacuum to collect a scent article from a recently discarded article of clothing from the missing juvenile. Pedersen deployed K9 Honey and the scent discriminate Bloodhound trailed .5 miles where they spotted the missing youth walking towards them.

This is Find No. 4 for the New Hanover County Bloodhound Team since receiving their scent discriminate K9 training with Scent Evidence K9! Great Trail MDS Pedersen and K9 Honey and thanks to the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office for their commitment to creating a safer community! To learn more about scent discriminate Bloodhounds like K9 Honey visit ScentEvidenceK9.com New Hanover County Sheriff's Office

11/26/2024

Big Thanks to Preston Scott for hosting Scent Evidence K9 CEO Paul Coley on his show this morning. The discussion focused on awareness of how Scent Kits help responders locate missing persons and Bring The Lost Home!

11/26/2024

Escambia County Sheriff’s Office K9 Team Locates Missing Endangered Man! Dep. Katie Touchstone and K9 Buster responded to help locate a man who had been reported missing on 11/23/24. The man had left on foot wearing a hospital gown an hour before they arrived on the scene. Dep. Touchstone collected a scent article and presented it to K9 Buster, a scent discriminate Beagle. Buster trailed back towards the residence and through an abandoned house behind the residence then continued to the nearby woods. Touchstone called out the man’s name and he yelled back from within the woods. The missing man had fallen backwards and was caught in tree limbs and vines and could not move. The temps fell into the low 40’s that night.

Dep. Touchstone and K9 Buster had recently attended the Bringing The Lost Home Regional Scent Discriminate K9 Trailing Seminar with Scent Evidence K9 in Bay County 2 days prior to the call out. GREAT TRAILING WORK Dep. Touchstone and K9 Buster and thanks to Escambia County Sheriff’s Office for their commitment to creating a safer community and Bringing The Lost Home! To learn more about the Bringing The Lost Home Program visit ScentEvidenceK9.com Escambia County Sheriff's Office

11/22/2024

Great Week of Bringing The Lost Home Program Training with K9 Teams from Bay, Escambia, and Leon County Sheriff’s Offices as well as Panama City and Tallahassee Police Depts. The Advanced Scent Discriminate K9 Trailing Regional Seminar was hosted by Bay County Sheriff’s Office, one of our first Florida Bringing The Lost Home Program agency partners. The K9 teams trained in wooded, urban, and beach environments around Panama City using advanced K9 Search Response Protocols and Scent Collection Technology. The Bringing The Lost Home Program training and Scent Kit resources is provided via an appropriations bill to agencies across much of Florida and has led to 389 Missing Person recoveries and suspect locations over the past 5 years. The Regional training in Bay County kicked off the 6th year of the program. Thanks to all the handlers and K9s for their hard work and commitment to creating a safer community. To learn more about the Bringing The Lost Home Program visit ScentEvidenceK9.com Bay County Sheriff's Office Bay County Sheriff's Office K9 Team Escambia County Sheriff's Office Leon County Sheriff's Office Panama City Police Department City of Tallahassee Police Department

11/22/2024

11/21/2024

California Bloodhound Team Finds Critical Missing Person with Dementia! On Wed. Nov. 20, Dep. Nathan Bakker and K9 Naji of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dept., responded to help locate a missing person suffering from dementia who had wandered away from a residence in Twentynine Palms. The person had been missing for 4 hours when they arrived on the scene. Dep. Bakker obtained a scent article from the residence and presented it to K9 Naji, a scent discriminate Bloodhound and Scent Evidence K9 alumni. K9 Naji trailed along a busy highway for approximately 1.2 miles and located the missing person sitting at a bus stop.

This is find #8 for the California Bloodhound Team since completing their scent discriminate training in Oct. 2023 with Scent Evidence K9. Great Trail Dep. Bakker and K9 Naji and thanks to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department for their commitment to creating a safer community! To learn more about scent discriminate Bloodhounds like K9 Naji visit ScentEvidenceK9.com San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department

11/18/2024

St. Johns County Bloodhound Duo Finds Two Burglary Suspects! Dep. Melanie Merritt and K9 Daisy Mae of the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Dept. responded to a burglary in progress call on Sat. Nov. 16, 2024. The suspects were last seen running behind the house next door. Dep. Merritt obtained a scent article and presented it to K9 Daisy Mae. Daisy Mae trailed to a fence and was placed over the fence to continue the trail. On the trail a witness advised Dep. Merritt that they had seen the suspects two houses down in a backyard. K9 Daisy was taken to the area of the backyard, and she immediately picked up the trail and located the 2 suspects hiding behind a trailer. Both suspects were secured without incident.

Great Trail Dep. Merritt and K9 Daisy Mae! The Florida Bloodhound duo has dozens of missing person recoveries and suspect locations and are one of our highest performing scent discriminate K9 teams. Thanks to St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office for their commitment to creating a safer community. St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office has been a participating Bringing The Lost Home Program partner agency for the last 5 years. To learn more about scent discriminate Bloodhounds like K9 Daisy Mae visit ScentEvidenceK9.com St. Johns County Sheriff's Office

11/11/2024

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Bloodhound Team Locates Missing Endangered Man! Dep. Anthony Yannuzzi and K9 Patriot got their 12th find on 11-9-24 when they responded to help locate an endangered man that had been missing from his residence for 7 hours. Dep. Yannuzzi collected a scent article and deployed K9 Patriot, a scent discriminate Bloodhound, from the street in front of the man’s residence. K9 Patriot trailed through highly trafficked residential areas on all hard surfaces to a Home Depot parking lot. When K9 Patriot began to show a proximity alert, Dep. Yannuzzi radioed to Patrol Officers to flood the parking lot and look for the missing person. K9 Patriot continued to trail as an officer located the man in a shed in the parking lot 20 ft. from the Jacksonville Bloodhound Team. K9 Patriot trailed to the person, signaled an alert, and was rewarded with loud praise and his favorite toy.

This is the 700th Scent Discriminate K9 Find by our International Scent Evidence K9 Partner Agencies! Dep. Yannuzzi and K9 Patriot now have a dozen missing person finds and suspect locations to their credit. “Dep. Yannuzzi used his scent discriminate trailing skills to find the missing man quickly and bring him home safe. He also used his missing person protocol training to direct search resources to the right location for the recovery,” stated Scent Evidence K9 CEO, Paul Coley. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has been a Bringing The Lost Home Program partner agency and has trained with Coley for several years.

GREAT TRAIL Dep. Yannuzzi and K9 Patriot and thanks for helping our International K9 Teams reach the 700 Find Milestone! Thanks to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Dept. for their commitment to creating a safer community. Stay tuned for a new article featured highlights from the partner agency K9 Teams who contributed to over 700 finds at ScentEvidenceK9.com Jacksonville Sheriff's Office

11/11/2024

THANK YOU to our nation’s veterans on Veteran’s Day! Many of our Law Enforcement K9 Handlers served in the military and this past September we were honored to train with the 906th, 520th, and 93rd detachment of Military Work Dog at Ft. Stewart, GA! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!

11/08/2024

Great Day with our Bringing The Lost Partners at The Alzheimer's Project!

Scent Evidence dogs Petra and Duchess came to visit the Cliff Hinkle Round to Remember Golf Tournament.

11/08/2024

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Bloodhound Team Gets Find #11! Dep. Anthony Yannuzzi and K9 Patriot responded to help locate a missing man with dementia on Halloween. The scent discriminate Bloodhound team trailed approximately .25 miles through a high foot traffic neighborhood and located the missing man.

Yannuzzi and Patriot have had several missing person recoveries in the past month and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has been a Bringing The Lost Home partner agency for several years. Great Trail Dep. Yannuzzi and K9 Patriot and Thanks to the Jax SO for their commitment to creating a safer community and Bringing The Lost Home! To learn more about scent discriminate K9 search visit ScentEvidenceK9.com Jacksonville Sheriff's Office

10/28/2024

A BIG Shout Out to all of our First Responder Partners across the country! Because of their tireless efforts so many of the missing have been found and brought home safe. THANK YOU for helping to make our communities safer.

10/28/2024

10/24/2024

WOW! Check out this great article from the US Army about our recent scent discriminate training seminar with Military Working Dog Teams at Ft. Stewart! They cover the amazing work these MWD teams are doing using the SEKR Scent Evidence Vacuum and more! Military Working Dogs

FORT STEWART, Ga. – Members of the 93rd Military Working Dog Detachment, and civilian law enforcement agency Scent Evidence K-9 from Tallahassee, Florid...

10/24/2024

Banks County GA Bloodhound Team Locates Endangered Man Missing For 3 Days! On October 21, 2024, Corporal Pressley and K9 Becka, a scent discriminate Bloodhound, were contacted by investigators working on a missing persons case in Banks County GA. The information available was that the 49-year-old male with physical, medical, and possible psychological disabilities had not been heard from in three days. Evidence on scene suggested the missing man may have walked into the wooded area behind his residence on Friday, October 18. Corporal Pressley responded to the scene and collected odor from the subject’s bedding using an SEK9 Scent Kit and the absorption method. K9 Becka was deployed in the back yard of the residence and established a trail leading into an overgrown area. Becka trailed past a shoe and two vapes and continued into an area overgrown with kudzu. Becka trailed through the kudzu across areas that were obviously pushed down. Becka trailed past a single $1.00 bill lying in the kudzu and then over a red t-shirt. After making a few loops in the kudzu, K9 Becka pulled through briars so dense that they had to crawl approximately 50 yards into more open woods. The trail led to the left down the hill toward a large creek. Becka continued along the bank of the creek occasionally pulling into the water. The trail led the same direction as the water flow for about a half mile (walking distance weaving in and out of brush and water was approximately 2 miles). After trailing to an area under a bridge on Hwy 441 the trail was called to give K9 Becka a break. Becka showed strong interest in the water and far side of the creek pulling back upstream. After the break, the K9 team relocated back to the residence and redeployed. After showing the same behavior Becka was cast further downhill to the right of the original trail with the intent to check the immediate area more thoroughly and attempting to pick up on any trails leading back upstream on the far side of the creek. As they worked the hillside, K9 Becka gave a sudden change in behavior and began trailing downhill towards the creek. Becka pulled hard down the hill for about 200 yards and located the missing man lying down beside the creek. The man was able to sit up as they approached. K9 Becka pulled to him and gave a positive alert by sitting beside him with her tail wagging. EMS were notified and family members were able to reach the scene with an ATV for extraction. The man was found covered from head to toe in scratches with visible injury to multiple parts of the body and appeared to be dehydrated and hypothermic. K9 Becka was rewarded with excited praise and dog treats. Temperatures overnight from Friday through Sunday were in the high 30’s-low 40’s. The subject did not know how many nights he had been in the woods.
This is the Banks County GA Bloodhound Team’s second find in just over a week. Cpl. Pressley is a Scent Evidence K9 Master Handler and has many missing person recoveries and suspect locations to his credit. Congrats and Great Trail Cpl. Pressley and K9 Becka and Thanks to the Banks County Sheriff’s Office for their commitment to creating a safer community. To learn more about scent discriminate Bloodhounds like K9 Becka visit ScentEvidenceK9.com Banks County Sheriff's Office