| Members... Sandy Vernlund - BCK9SAR "Ground Pounder" Instructor, NASAR SAR TECH II and MLPI, CERT Member, Certified CERT Instructor, NASAR Hug-A-Tree Presenter. AFRCC SMC Graduate. Member of NAPWDA, NASAR, NASDN. NASAR K9 Committee Secretary/Communications and K9 Education Committee. Sandy has two operational dogs. "Shadow" AKC CGC and certified for Area Search Non Scent Discrimination with NASAR Canine SARTECH II '07, NAPWDA '06,'07,'08,'09 and NASDN '07. "Bodasafa" AKC CGC is certified for Tracking/Trailing with NAPWDA '07,'08,'09 and NASDN '08. Her new dog "Rowdy" is in training for HRD.
a Veterinary Science Lab Technician. CERT Member.
(AKC CGC and TDI) is certified for air scent with NASDN '08. Formerly worked as Deputy Clerk of Courts (Criminal Division) and past experience as Firefighter, Veterinary Technician and EMT.
CERT, NASDN and NASAR. Eric's American Pit Bull Terrier "Eve", AKC CGC, is certified for Tracking and Trailing with NASDN '09. Eric's boxer "Emmett" is in training for Air Scent. Eric is Manager of Brooking's Powershop Gym and the Secretary and Web Master for the "Pit Rescue of the Great Plains" which helps to rescue and rehome Pit Bulls in need. Jodi Brenden - Trained "Ground Pounder". Jodi's German Shepherd/Husky mix "Buddy" is currently in training for tracking and trailing. Associate Members -
Australian Shepherd/Retreiver mix named "Lucy", AKC CGC, is certified for Air Scent with NASDN '09. Sioux Falls, SD.
certification in tracking and trailing. Sioux Falls, SD. Kim Armstrong - Member NASDN. Member Pennington County SAR. GSD "Auri", AKC CGC, is certified in Trailing with NASDN '09. Rapid City, SD. Marilyn Randall - Member NASDN. Currently has a GSD named "Dancer" (AKC CGC) who is training for certification in tracking and trailing. Deadwood, SD. Mitch Vilhauer - Brookings County Deputy. Mitch is our instructor for Crime Scene Preservation. Bill Gilbert - Emergency Manager for Flandreau Santee SIoux Tribe and Coroner. Flandreau, SD. Trained Ground Pounder. Karen Cameron-Howell - Karen is an AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Evaluator and assists the team with obedience, socialization and agility training. She also shows some very beautiful boxers. |
| At a minimum... All members of Brookings County Search and Rescue must also be active members of Brookings CERT. At a minimum, all K9 handlers must have completed the following prior to deployment:
AKC-CGC test and at least one national certification prior to deployment. Contact us for complete information about Brookings County K9 Search and Rescue Standards. |

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