LaSalle County Sheriff's Office 

Underwater Search and Recovery Team

 

THE TEAM CONSISTS OF NINE (9) MEMBERS:

 

CAPT. ROBERT F.  SCUTT - DIVEMASTER

CAPT. MICHAEL CRANE - ADVANCED OPEN WATER

SGT. GARY SIMPKO - ADVANCED OPEN WATER

SGT. ARTHER PRECI -  ADVANCED OPEN WATER

DEP. JOHN UNDERHILL - ADVANCED OPEN WATER

DEP. JEFF WHALEN -  ADVANCED OPEN WATER

DEP. JASON MARTIN -ADVANCED OPEN WATER

DEP. MICHAEL HAMMEN - ADVANCED OPEN WATER

INV. MARK GREEN - ADAVNCED OPEN WATER

 
THE ABOVE MEMBERS OF THE LASALLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S UNDERWATER SEARCH AND RECOVERY TEAM HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING IN:
  • UNDERWATER SEARCH AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS
  • UNDERWATER CRIME SCENE MANAGEMENT
  • ICE DIVING, ETC.
THE LASALLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S UNDERWATER SEARCH AND RECOVERY TEAM HAS LOGGED SEVERAL DIVES DURING THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.  THOSE DIVES TAKING PLACE IN THE ILLINOIS RIVER, FOX RIVER AND LAKES, PONDS AND QUARRY’S IN AND AROUND LASALLE COUNTY. 
THE TEAM HAS SEARCHED FOR DROWNING VICTIMS, MISSING PERSONS, STOLEN PROPERTY, INCLUDING VEHICLES AND MISSING AIRCRAFT. 
THE MEMBERS OF THE LASALLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S UNDERWATER SEARCH AND RECOVERY TEAM CONSIST OF VOLUNTEERS FROM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.  THESE MEMBERS ARE ON 24 HR. CALL AND AT A MOMENTS NOTICE WILL PROVIDE THEIR SERVICE TO ANY AGENCY REQUESTING OUR SERVICES.