Sherri Hall : OSARC Founder, K9 Handler & Operations Manager
OSARC team leader Sherri, has worked with animals her entire life and was lucky to make a living off her passion with several businesses over her 30 year career from offering municipal animal control and pound services, municipal/private Goose/Swan egg oiling programs and Bed Bug detection K9’s.
Sherri has taken the OSPCA animal cruelty course and is a strong advocate for animal welfare. Sherri has been a breeder of golden retrievers with the CKC for 30 years and is active in many dog sports and is a credited scent work judge with the CKC, AKC.
In 2019 beginning retirement, Sherri started OSARC (Ontario Search and Recovery Canines) as she felt there was such a void in the recovery options in Ontario for Families of missing loved ones. She certified as a K9 Handler with her dogs K9 Zula (Dutch Shepherd Retr’d), K9 Talon (Malinois), K9 Leda (Swiss Shepherd) in Human Remains Detection in 2019 and is currently certified under United K9s, NNCDS, NOCSAR, AWDA, specializing in cold case and Historical recoveries. She is now training her 4rd HRD dog, K9 Kon another Swiss Shepherd.
You can visit her website Nymeriaworkingdogs.com as well as follow on her on Facebook
Debera Salo : Founding Member, K9 Handler, Flanker & Researcher
A retired Air Traffic Controller, Deb adopted her first dog, a rescue black lab named Ella. Deb joined OSARC in 2020 and Deb and Ella certified in HRD Land with Eastern States Working Dog Association (ESWDA) in 2021. Also in 2021 Deb purchased a yellow lab pup, K9 Rinnie.
K9 Rinnie is certified with the International Police Work Dog Association in Water Recovery, Land and Crime Scene, as well as Land certification with ESWDA.
Deb and K9 Rinnie travel extensively attending seminars and workshops for continued education in water recovery, Crime Scene, Grave Detecton and Historic burials.
Suzy Olsen : (Western Canada Rep) K9 Handler & Flanker
Suzy …….
B.Ed., Dip. ECE. M. AAPT. UW-Cert. AB< KPA CPT# 14439, DDT. IAABC DT. C.FIT., SDC, NASAR Evaluator, AKC Evaluator
John Grima : Search Manager
John William GRIMA has over 50 years of experience in training and handling dogs for numerous profiles. He started training dogs for Obedience, Retriever Trials and Shutzhund as a young man. He served as a Police Officer for 25 years with Metropolitan Toronto Police, in Canada, where he implemented their Canine Unit and was both a handler and trainer.
After retiring in 1998 from the police department, John set out on his own, becoming a private trainer and handler in Patrol and Detection Dog profiles for Police, Security, Customs, Agriculture, Military, Search and Rescue and Blue Chip Companies, worldwide. He has Certified several dogs in SAR, HRD, Narcotics, Explosives and Police Work with NAPWDA, CPCA, USPCA, ESWDA and the British Home Office. Then in 2009 he worked for the US Marine Corp, Navy SEALS and Army Rangers, training dogs to find IEDS in Afghanistan and Iraq during the wars. In 2013 he came back to Canada and has been concentrating on Certifying dogs for HRD and SAR. He has certified in several FEMA, NIMS Search Manager Courses.
