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MSP Special Emergency Response Team Rescues 4-Year-Old Missing in Southampton
The Massachusetts State Police Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) successfully located a missing 4-year-old child who had wandered away from his home in Southampton on October 8.
The child was reported missing along with two dogs at approximately 11:10 a.m., prompting an immediate response by SERT team members to assist the Southampton Police Department. MSP’s Air Wing, K-9 and drone units, Troopers from the Northampton Barracks, and DCR Rangers also responded.
Search teams deployed into a thickly wooded area nearby. At approximately 1:00 p.m., Trooper Timothy Fanion of the SERT team located the child in the woods uninjured, and he was returned safely to his family.
SERT provides partner agencies with a highly trained and professional field force available on short notice for scenarios such as missing person searches and other situations where a cohesive unit of law enforcement officers may be needed.
For search and rescue, all SERT members are specially equipped and expertly trained in areas such as search incident management, search methodology, land navigation, search and rescue leadership, and pathfinder techniques.
