To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [MSAR] tracking fugitives
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:03:43 -0800
Wow Laury! Close call! I'm really really glad you decided not to ride-
and I"m glad they found him!! Have you ever had training in how to avoid
being pulled from your horse? Excellent training!! Good knowledge for
any of us who work where the public might be.
I've been called a few times for mutual aid searches where the victim
was said to be "possibly in an altered state and may be armed". Our unit
respectfully declines.We aren't armed, we aren't trained for that kind
of response either! Of course our county (who deploys us) is very
careful about those kinds of missions anyway. They really take care of
their volunteers and treat us like a valuable resource!