Richard Berrelez I, is the founder and spokesperson for ALIE.
(Photo by Leticia Berrelez, Erie County Sheriff's Bloodhound, Erie, Pennsylvania)
Richard incorporated ALIE on June 10th 1993 in memory of Alie Berrelez in the State of Colorado.
He has lived in Denver for half of his life. He moved to Denver from Milwaukee, Wisconsin but is a native of southwest Texas. He was born and raised near San Antonio in Frio County and is proud of his Native American ancestry.
After graduating from high school in Texas he took a job in Hondo, Texas repairing military airplanes used in the Navy. Later he worked at the San Antonio Airport building passenger jets for Swearingen Aviation.
During his early years in Colorado he attended Baptist Bible College West, which is now in California, where he earned his Bachelors of Arts Degree in Theology. Richard has been a public speaker since his early college years.
He is very active in the Foundation's mission. He has visited 48 states to provide the Foundation 's service of informative and educational presentations about stranger awareness issues and crimes on children. He has worked with purebred bloodhounds studying and understanding their behavior, personality, and instinct in trailing human scent. Through screenings of the dog's health, trailing potential, and training he has be able to place over 200 bloodhounds in law enforcement canine units in the country.
His work in the Foundation has been featured in Unsolved Mysteries, America's Most Wanted, People Magazine, Animal Planet's Breed All About It and Busted, the Spanish program, Sabado Gigante out of Miami, Florida, and several interviews with national news stations and newspapers.
Richard is well read on the American Wolf and the Wild Mustang which are american wild animals that he admires that are a great part of our country's history.
If you would like other information not available on our site please email Richard with your questions or request. We will look forward to hearing from you, Thank you.
ALIE operates on your private contributions and support. We look forward to hearing from you if you would like to make a contribution by mail or online, donate a registered AKC bloodhound, request a bloodhound for police work, or request our presence at your special event.
We encourage you to support your local police department to keep our children and our communities safe for every child.
We support the history and preservation of the United States of America along with the history and rights of Native Americans.
ALIE is a 501 (c) (3) non profit foundation educating children and parents about the dangers of child abduction and providing bloodhound dogs to law enforcement for missing children cases. ALIE, PO Box 3673, Englewood, Colorado 80155 (303) 662-8402
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ALIE Foundation
PO Box 3673
Englewood
,
Colorado
80155
Phone:
303-662-8402
E-Mail:
richard@alie.org
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