Marco

K-9: Marco, 10 year old German shepherd.

Handler: Marco has several handlers

    Marco is certified in Basic Area and Advanced Area S.A.R. and is also good at water searches, but has never done certification on water searches.

     Marco has been credited for several deceased victims and one live find on land as well as several water finds, the last one being in Fayette County. Marco is a special dog, he was first being trained as a Police dog, he was doing excellent at tracking and finding hidden suspects but would not do the protection work, so the Rescue Squad bought him and he was introduced in 1996 as the first Search and Rescue K-9 in the Sangamon County Rescue Squad. At that time, we had several Handlers working with him under the watchful eye of the Springfield Police K-9 Trainer JR Hauversburk.