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Kathy Newman and Bandit CERTIFIED NASAR SAR-TECH II
Base & Field Support
First Responder
AKC K-9 Good Citizenship (CGC)
05/13/07 AKC Companion Dog (CD)
Therapy Dog International (TDI)
AKC Rally Novice (RN)
NIMS Introduction to the Incident Command system, IS-100 for Law Enforcement
NIMS National Incident Management System, IS-700
NIMS Crime Scene Preservation
Training Director (1985 to current)
Operations Director (1985 to current)
TEAM'S SAR CERTIFICATION 11/09/04 Basic Cadaver Certification07/09/05 Trailing (Level One)
07/05/05 Cadaver
07/16/06 Cadaver recertification
09/02/06 Advanced Trailing certification
09/09/07 Land Cadaver recertification
09/28/07 NASAR Trailing III
10/19/2008 Land Cadaver recertification
11/22/2008 Trailing recertification - Evaluated by Midwest Canine Alternatives
6/2009 Cadaver certification - L.E.T.S.
6/2009 Trailing certification - L.E.T.S.
7/2010 Cadaver recertification - L.E.T.S.
7/2010 Trailing recertification - L.E.T.S.
10/2011 Cadaver recertification - Midwest Canine Alternatives
10/2011 Trailing recertification - Midwest Canine Alternatives
ADDITIONAL MEMBERSHIPS North American Police Working Dog Association (NAPWA)
Canine Search and Recovery (CSR)
National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR)
National Search Dog Alliance (NSDA)
Meet Kathy Newman and her partner Bandit. Kathy has been doing K-9 search and rescue since 1981 when her unit Minnesota Search and Rescue Dog Association was formed. She has been on over 300 searches and has trained 7 dogs of her own and helped train many dogs in her unit. She has been training director since 1985 and has taught at NASAR, CSAR and other conferences around the country. She has trained and handled dogs in trailing, air-scent area search, land and water cadaver, evidence and basic disaster. Kathy is a SAR-Tech II; a state licensed First Responder and has been a police reserve for 23 years. Her current partner is a Belgian Malinois she purchased in Sept. of 2003 at 7 weeks of age. He replaced her last partner who died suddenly in Aug of 2003. Bandit is certified in Advanced Trailing and NASAR Trailing III as well as Land Cadaver. Bandit is a high drive dog who likes to work, on his off time he enjoys playing with his cat friends.
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