A 6-year-old police dog from the RCMP breeding program in Innisfail named ‘Hoss’  assisted with a search and rescue last week in Sundre.

RCMP responded to a call of a person possibly in medical distress in the Forestry Trunk Road area on November 25th. Police located the vehicle belonging to the person abandoned.

The RCMP Police Dog Services was called in to assist and arrived on scene at approximately 11:45. At noon, approximately 15 minutes after starting to track, the person, a female in her 50’s, was located approximately one kilometer into the woods at a higher elevation.

The female was able to walk out with assistance from police. She was then transported by police to a local hospital for further assessment and treatment.

In addition to tracking and arresting criminals, K-9’s with RCMP PDS, are trained in search and rescue operations, as well as drug or explosives detection.