Off to the Emergency planning office at Richmond, Virginia,
to meet up with Mark Eggeman, Mark is a great person his enthusiasm for missing
person search is wonderful , I was given a tour around the facility which is shared
with state police and similar to that in Indiana.
SAR in Virginia does have a standard which differ from all
but 3 of the other continuous states. This answers one of my continuous concerns
about unchecked offers of search that may come in from volunteers.
I arrived on the Monday 15/4, this is a day that will, like
9/11 be etched in the memory of Americans, the Boston marathon bombing had an impact
felt by many, in fact there was a member of staff from the Virginia emergency
planning dept that was running, the news breaking and circulating was met with concern
for a work mate in the same way as it would be by anyone.
Mark is a great advocate for search especially missing
persons and his knowledge and database on such matters is impressive, but the
information he has goes beyond just
missing persons and his research into body deposition will no doubt be of
interest to many.
And a drive to Charlottesville, her to meet Bob Koester, I
was fortunate enough to have done a lost person behaviour course in 2010 in the
blue ridge Mountains with Bob who is responsible for ISRID .
There is no doubt that this piece of research has save
numerous lives , it always great to talk to Bob who has academic application is
without question the best in the SAR community, he has analytic view towards,
missing person search , I was fortunate that he was able to meet up on the Tuesday
night for a meal and chat then again on the Wednesday for a longer chat.
Bob has a series of new books one of which I have been asked
to review and add to this is a great opportunity and privilege .
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