New Portage County K-9 Baco means business

Baco is like most young dogs.

He likes to meet new people. He goes nuts when he sees a tennis ball. And he spends a lot of time sniffing around.

But the 4-year-old Belgian Malinois with bronze fur and tall, almost rabbit-like ears, does have one thing that makes him different from other dogs scampering around town.

He has a job with the Portage County Sheriff’s Department.

The department bought Baco earlier this year to replace the department’s former dog, who left when the department’s last K-9 officer took a job with another agency. The dog has been working alongside the county’s new K-9 officer, Deputy Dan Wachowiak, for the last two months.

During that time, Baco has searched cars for drugs and accompanied officers serving search warrants. He even helped track a 13-year-old boy who went missing in Park Ridge on July 9.

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