50 years and still searching... What a half century of SAR looks like.

Our SAR team was founded in 1957... the second team in the state. Here's some then vs. now for you. Notice the addition of girls to the team... that happened in the early 90's. Now half of the Officer Staff is female, including the Captain and myself. Some of these pictures may be from as early as 1957.

By the way, notice those ugly white helmets? It seems that at one point they were required for like... everything. Going on a line search? Wear a helmet. Treating a victim? Wear a helmet. Securing the perimeter at a crime scene? Better wear your helmet!

On second thought, it may not be a bad idea for us to re-implement that rule, considering the completely freakish number of concussions a particular member has acquired in a short amount of time doing relatively non-dangerous activities.