JMO - Not meaning to become involved in the search for Gus Lamont, but I wonder if the
National Search and Rescue Manual information could have been accessed and used in the early search for William Tyrrell!
A retired police officer who helped pioneer search guidelines used during the investigation into the disappearance of Gus Lamont, praises the efforts to find the missing boy and expresses support for the detectives' conclusions.
www.abc.net.au
Inside the 'textbook' search for Gus Lamont
"Jim Whitehead spent more than 15 years as Queensland's search and rescue coordinator, and was instrumental in the development of the
National Search and Rescue Manual cited by Detective Superintendent Fielke.
Dr Whitehead, a former senior sergeant who said he had been involved in approximately 15,000 search and rescue operations, compiled the data used in the report."
“While police have said they remain committed to finding Gus, Dr Whitehead described their efforts so far as a "textbook search".”
"They've done the areas of highest probability first, they've searched around the homestead and worked their way outwards, they've done the mine shafts and all those sort of things," he said.”