Brad Dennis proudly serves as the Director of Search Operations for F.R.E.E. International's "SHEPHERDS" teams.
He originated and organizes "THE BIG SEARCH," a task force approach to locating the missing and identifying human trafficking victims in communities around the country.
He and his wife Tammy founded Called2Rescue Ministries, a veteran operated non-profit focused on educating, equipping, and empowering communities to search, reach, and rescue the exploited and marginalized.
Brad has over thirty-eight years of experience in search and rescue and has managed search efforts for over 1000 missing, exploited, or abducted child cases around the country. His teams have been instrumental in the rescue of numerous children from sex trafficking and the intelligence they gathered has assisted in taking down child trafficking rings around the country. Brad's rescue work has been chronicled on CNN, The Early Show, The Today Show, Dateline, MSNBC, and 48 Hours.
Brad has worked with five K9 partners in human remains detection and is an evaluator for the National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR) and National Network of Canine Detection Services (NNCDS). He travels extensively throughout the United States providing dynamic and relevant instruction concerning child safety and awareness, search and rescue operations, K9 search and rescue, ministry to families of missing children, search and rescue management, and the sex trafficking of minors.
Brad has been awarded the Commissioner's Award from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FLE) and the prestigious Justice Award from the Foundation for the Improvement of Justice for his efforts to locate missing children. He served on the US State Department's Human Trafficking and Technology Working Group and the Florida Department of Children and Families Working Group to combat child sex trafficking.
Brad is a retired Cryptologic Master Chief Petty Officer in the
US Navy and served with distinction as an intelligence analyst attached to the Joint Special Operations Commano where he was highly decorated for his analysis and counterterrorism efforts.
