About Us

Dave, Pete and Carl are all former Team Leaders of Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team and were high school teachers by profession. Collectively they have over 130 years of search and rescue experience.

The Centre for Search Research has been involved in a variety of activities:

  • developing and teaching search management courses
  • developing and teaching search field skills courses
  • analysis of the MREW Missing Persons data and production of the App MISPER-UK
  • lecturing and presenting on SAR topics at conferences in the UK and overseas
  • research into the practical aspects of searching for missing persons

Find out more about The Centre for Search Research by visiting our website Centre for Search Research

Carl Hamilton

Pete Roberts

Dave Perkins