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Tag: Dive Teams
Special Units
Miami-Dade Police Find Multiple Crime-Connected Cars in Lake
Some cars in the lake could date back to an international feud in the 1970s and 1980s between Colombian drug cartels and the United States government, a period known as the Miami drug wars.
August 9, 2023
Technology
JW Fishers Sonar Equipment Aids Critical Search and Recovery
Lt. Thomas Grady said, βThe side scan has been a great tool. It has allowed us to do our searches and only put our divers in the water if we see something that we want checked out. It certainly allows us to cover much wider search areas in substantially less time and reduces risk to our divers.β
January 10, 2022
Special Units
Defender PPE Gear Dryer System
Ram Air Gear Dryer
The Defender PPE Gear Dryer System teams a high-end gear dryer and cleaning/decontamination sprayer with a rinse station for quick and effective cleaning and drying of K9 bite suits and sleeves, hazmat suits, CBRN/multi-threat suits, bomb suits, ice water rescue/wet suits and chemical resistant coveralls.
July 1, 2021
Technology
South Dakota Officials Locate Sunken Pickup Using Underwater Sonar
The sonar equipment paints a picture of the riverway bottom and allows for identification of objects without ever getting into the water.
April 6, 2021
Special Units
Oklahoma Dive Team Pulls 200 Pounds of Trash from Reservoir
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol dive team recently conducted a two-day training beneath in Tenkiller Ferry Lake, a reservoir in eastern Oklahoma.
October 10, 2019
Special Units
Florida Dive Team Cleans Trash from River While Training
Divers with the Putnam County (FL) Sheriff's Office were conducting training on a local river when they discovered a significant amount of debris on the riverbed where the exercise was being conducted.
June 3, 2019
Special Units
My Technology Can... Help You Find Evidence, Bodies Under Water
JW Fishers' submersible tools can be used to find sunken objects and spare dive teams from spending time in dangerous or frigid waters.
May 31, 2019
Technology
Public Safety Dive Teams Display, Demo JW Fishers Equipment at Association Conference
The Washington County (MN) Water Recovery Unit demonstrated the capabilities of its JW Fishers ROV (remote operated vehicle) to public safety dive agencies at the Midwest Public Safety Divers Association Conference.
March 5, 2018
Technology
JW Fishers Gives Out Underwater Metal Detector as Prize
JW Fishers Mfg. held a drawing for a chance to win a top-performing SAR-1 underwater metal detector used by law enforcement agencies and military units worldwide. One lucky winner was picked from over 200 entries.
March 1, 2018
Patrol
Details of How Buffalo Police Diver Died Begin to Emerge, Investigation Under Way
Officer Lehner was alone in the river during an underwater recovery training session when the tender cable that connected him to colleagues on land became snagged on an unknown object, three police sources said Wednesday.
October 19, 2017
Patrol
Body of Missing Buffalo Police Diver Recovered
After five long days of searching the relentless Niagara River, the body of missing Buffalo Police diver Craig Lehner has been found. The police made the official announcement just after 3 p.m.
October 17, 2017
Patrol
Buffalo Police Diver Missing, Presumed Dead After Training Tragedy
The search for missing Buffalo police diver Craig Lehner entered its fourth day Monday morning as boats and dive teams returned to the Niagara River. He is presumed dead.
October 16, 2017
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