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Brad Dennis
KlaasKids Foundation Director of Search Operations
Pensacola, Florida
Email: klaaskidssearcher@yahoo.com
Executive Summary:
Brad Dennis is the Director of Search Operations for KlaasKIDS Foundation’s National Search Center for Missing Children. He has over twenty years of experience in search and rescue and disaster response. He has managed search efforts for over 60 missing/abducted children around the country including, managing the search following the abduction of Polly Klaas. He has instructed thousands in search and rescue procedures, teaches seminars nationwide, and is an instructor for the National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR). He serves as a NASAR Coordinator for the Search and Rescue Technician program and their K-9 certification program. He has completed numerous search management, law enforcement investigative and forensics training courses. He authored the “Predatory Abduction Search Management” course offered to law enforcement agencies.
He is a certified SAR Manager/Incident Commander, K-9 Evaluator/Handler, Victim Advocate and Search and Rescue technician and serves as Co-Director of Gulf Coast Search and Recovery K-9’s, Inc. in Pensacola, Florida.
Mr. Dennis retired from the U.S. Navy as a Master Chief Petty Officer.
For more information you can contact Mr. Dennis at (850) 525-4807 or klaaskidssearcher@yahoo.com
Professional Memberships/Affiliations:
KlaasKids Foundation – current
- Director of Search Operations
- Director of KlaasKIDS Search Center
- Search and Rescue/Response Coordinator
National Association of Search and Rescue - current
- Search and Rescue Technician Coordinator/Evaluator (SARTECH II/III)
- K-9 Search and Rescue Technician Coordinator/Evaluator (K-9 SARTECH III)
- Certified as National Search and Rescue Technician (SARTECH II)
- K-9 "Cheyenne" certified SARTECH III
Search Management Consultants – current
- Founder/Executive Director
- Senior Instructor
- K-9 Handler
Escambia Search and Rescue, Inc. – 1995-2003
- Deputy Director
- Senior K-9 Trainer/Handler
- SAR Incident Commander
- Established Search and Rescue K-9 Unit
National Tracking & Cadaver Recovery – 2000-2002
- Certified Master K-9 Instructor
- K-9 Handler
Law Enforcement Assistance Personnel (LEAP) Inc. – 2000-2001
- Certified Master K-9 Instructor
- State Director of Operations for Florida
Swift Emergency Abduction Response for Children (SEARCH) – San Diego, Ca.
1994-1995
- Founder
- Search and Rescue/Response Advisor to law enforcement agencies
- Mass distribution of flyers throughout Southern California and Mexico
- Child Safety Instruction
Polly Klaas Foundation – Petaluma, Ca 1993
- Search and Rescue advisor and response coordinator
Appalachian Search and Rescue Council, Va – 1990-1993
- Graduate of Commonwealth of Virginia Ground Search & Rescue College
- Completed Managing Search Operations course
- Field Team Member
Tidewater Search and Rescue, Va – 1990-1993
- Field Team Member
Uwharrie Boy Scout Council, NC – 1979-1982
Seminars Presented:
- Polly Klaas Foundation, Petaluma, Ca 1993 – Search and Rescue techniques
- Santa Clara Sheriffs Department, Ca 1994 – SAR response to child abductions
- Naval Station San Diego, Ca 1994 – Child Safety Issues
- Bay Area Law Enforcement Association 1994 – Response to child abductions
- NAS Miramar, Ca 1995 – Keynote speaker on Child Safety Issues
- Sarasota Search and Rescue, Sarasota, Fl 1997 – SAR management techniques
- National Search and Rescue/Disaster Response Convention, Nashville, Tn 1998 – SAR operations for a large-scale SAR unit
- NAS Pensacola, Fl 1998 – Child Safety Issues
- National Tracking and Cadaver Recovery, Pensacola, Fl 1999 – K-9 cadaver recovery
- Louisiana Search and Rescue, La 2000 – NASAR SARTECH II course
- National Tracking and Cadaver Recovery, Pensacola, Fl 2001 – K-9 cadaver recovery
- Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Pensacola, Fl (Forensic Investigators course) 2001 – SAR resources and use of cadaver K-9’s
- Old Dominion/Maury County S.O. Fall Seminar, Appomattox, Va., Oct 2002 – Advanced K-9 Cadaver course
- Louisiana Search and Rescue Dog Seminar, St. Tammany Parish, La., April 2003 Intermediate K-9 Cadaver course
- Taught numerous child safety classes at various public and private schools in Florida and California
- Numerous NASAR SARTECH III/II evaluations – Alabama/Florida/Louisiana
Disaster/SAR Experience:
- Numerous Missing Person searches (various states)
- Numerous Drowning searches in Alabama and Florida
- Criminal Investigation/Evidence searches (FBI, Alabama Bureau of Investigations, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, various city/county agencies)
- Northridge Earthquake – search and rescue/aid worker
- Hurricane Erin, Escambia County – Incident Commander
- Hurricane Opal, Pensacola Beach – Incident Commander
- Hurricane Georges, Escambia County – Incident Commander
- Flood Search, Fish River, Alabama – Incident Commander
- Flood Search, Mobile County, Alabama – Incident Commander
- Flood Search, Baldwin County, Alabama – Incident Commander
- Flood Search, Escambia County, Florida – Incident Commander
- Tornado, Marianna, Florida – K-9 Handler/Incident Commander
Current K-9:
Cheyenne, 6 year old black Labrador retriever. Certified for land/water cadaver recovery and area searching. She is an approved resource of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Alabama Bureau of Investigation, and Florida Department of Law Enforcement. She currently has 10 cadaver recoveries including the discovery of several clandestine graves.
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