Police dogs put skills to the test

Police dogs from across the south are putting their skills to the test this weekend in Pascagoula. Local law enforcement agencies are hosting the USPCA regional trials where police dogs obtain their annual certifications in different skills.

Police Officer Jason Green has patrolled the streets of Texarkana, Texas, for the past four years. For three of them, he’s had a partner, a German Shepherd named Berry.

“He’s a dual purpose K-9,” explained Green. “He’s a criminal apprehension dog and also a narcotics dog. He apprehends criminals, if we have a violent criminal that needs to be apprehended I can deploy him, and he’ll apprehend him. And with narcotics, he sniffs out drugs.”

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