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Kimberly R. Kelly is a retired reserve lieutenant and SAR specialist with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. Primarily assigned as Lieutenant of the Training Unit, and Search and Rescue Academy, San Diego County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team. She also served as training sergeant for the mounted, training and underwater search and recovery units, acting lieutenant for the training unit, as well as certified as a technical rescue specialist and medical unit support personnel. Ms. Kelly continues her field work as a canine handler for Dolores, Colorado, K9 Seach and Rescue, www.k9team.org, as well as the commander and an operational field specialist with 1SRG: 1st Special Response Group, www.1SRG.org, an international, non-governmental (NGO) non-profit search and rescue team that specializes in rescue and recovery in harsh or extreme locations globally. Ms. Kelly is the founder and executive director of Project Far From Home, a national law enforcement educational program designed to teach law enfor