McDonough Police Department adds new K-9 officer

The McDonough Police Department has a new K-9 officer with an international pedigree.

Rocco, a three-year-old Belgian Malinois, was introduced to the McDonough City Council at its meeting on Monday. He was presented to the council by his handler, McDonough Police Officer Gregory Lyons.

“They [the police department] sent me to Louisiana to train with him for three weeks, starting March 22,” he said. “After the three weeks, we were allowed to bring him home.”

Lyons began belting out commands that sounded a far cry from “sit” and “fetch.” Rocco’s commands are given in Dutch, said Lyons.

“It’s a lot easier to train me to give him commands in Dutch, versus trying to train him again in English, and him being confused,” Lyons said after his visit to the council.

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