30 Nov 2011 : Weston-on-Trent Search

The team were called out by Derbyshire Police on Sunday (27th November) to search for a vulnerable 73 year old man from Weston-on-Trent, who had been reported missing.

The man, who enjoyed going for long walks, had last been seen by his wife at 9pm on Saturday evening. Police, being concerned for his safety and believing he might have been in a confused state, initially used officers and a police helicopter to search the area around his home, before calling in Derby Mountain Rescue at around 11am.

Thirty mountain rescue personnel and five SARDA search dogs carried out a detailed wide area search around Weston-on-Trent in a seven hour operation, but were stood down after darkness fell when the man was not located within the search area.

Police eventually located the missing person safe and well in the Normanton area of Derby at around 7pm, having walked the distance from his Weston home.