Established as a Volunteer Unit of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Volunteer Forces in 1991, the Search Dog Team provides a valuable resource to the County as an aid in the search for, and location of lost persons and victims of natural or man-made disasters and evidence detection.  We deploy with our personally-owned canines trained in Live-Find Wilderness Search, Scent-Specific Tracking/Trailing Search, Human Remains Detection, Evidence Detection, or Disaster (under the jurisdiction of FEMA).  As is the case with all the Search and Rescue Units throughout the County, we assist the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department by providing search and rescue/search and recovery services for those in need.

The SBSD Search Dog Team is comprised of Volunteers who are on call 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week.  We are called on to deploy on local searches within the County of San Bernardino, and can be, and have been called upon to assist, as a mutual aid resource, other agencies in the State, and out-of-state if requested on major disasters.

Our Team Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of every month (except for December) at 6:30PM at the Sheriff’s Headquarters, 655 East Third Street, San Bernardino, California.