Yearly Archives: 2024

4/20/24 – Whites Creek Lost Hikers

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, SVU, and WCSAR BC responded to two different staging locations to access a pair of lost hikers and their dog on the Jones Creek/Whites Creek Loop Trail. They had become mired down in the deep snow on the north side of the ridge, were not dressed for the hiking conditions, and were wet and exhausted. Backcountry teams located the subjects and escorted them down to waiting SVU tracked vehicles for transport down to staging.

4/10/24 – Elderly Walk-Away from Group Home

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, K-9, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Golden Valley area to search for an elderly subject that had walked away from a group home. During the search, the subject was located in front of the Silver State Kennels on Lemmon Drive.

4/5/24 – Lost Hiker

SAR Staff and the SVU responded to an area of of Waltham Way to search for a missing hiker in the hills to the north of I80. As search teams were arriving at the last known position, the subject was spotted hitchhiking on the freeway. He was contacted and brought to staging for a medical evaluation.

3/30/24 OIS OP1 and OP2

SAR Staff and metal detector teams from WCSAR responded to the Rock Blvd/Greenbrae Drive area in Sparks, NV to conduct an evidence search in a neighborhood where an officer involved shooting took place the previous day.

3/23/24 – Druids Lane EMS

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, SVU, and WCSAR BC responded to Druids Lane to locate a subject in the hills that had been hiking, fell, and was reporting what he believed to be a broken leg. SAR teams quickly located the subject, rendered initial medical treatment, and transported him to a waiting ambulance.