With the increased urbanization of our once wilderness lands we in search and rescue are called upon to provide our services in the metropolitan setting. The search scene becomes the canyon of downtown office buildings, the suburban residential streets, the open space, the city park, back alleys, easements and right of ways. Search and rescue teams are known for their resources. We have all been trained, as searchers, observers, and people that know how to find things and know how to organize a search effort. The innovative processes we have developed in the San Francisco Bay Area have taken the standard management of the lost person incident and enhanced it to fit these new search environments. We have dubbed this the Suburban Search Process. With all due respect, a more appropriate name for this process would be Urban Search and Rescue however FEMA has reserved this definition as it relates to collapsed structure/natural disaster work. This paper will compare and contrast the suburban (and urban/suburban/rural interface) with the wilderness search process, including pre-planing, managing the suburban incident, special investigation considerations, as well as the use of resources, and documentation. California and other states have enacted legislation that requires law enforcement agencies to respond and act on the report of a missing child. Due to these requirements the discussion will also include special considerations which occur during child abduction incidents.