KPD unveils new K9 officers during Cash for Canines fundraiser
Along with making drug busts and apprehending dangerous suspects, two new members of the Kokomo Police Department are a rare breed of officers — the four-legged variety.
Trained in drug detection, searches and apprehensions, Danny and Nardo, both Belgian Malinois dogs, are replacing K-9s Max and Remco, who served the community for 10 and seven years, respectively.
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Norman Police Department recognizes K-9 officer
Before Kellee Robertson became a police K-9 handler with Norman police, she was an Animal Welfare Officer and a dog owner. But even those experiences could not prepare her for the bond that occurs between a police dog and its handler.
Seven years ago, Robertson selected Pablo as her canine partner. She was returning another dog she had worked with for two weeks because the first dog was too aggressive toward humans.
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After their careers are over, working animals need to find a new purpose in retirement
Cico used to sniff out drugs and run down lawbreakers.
Now he stops and smells the roses — and chases squirrels.
But after years of putting his nose to the grindstone, life for police dog K9 Cico, while calmer, has lost some of its purpose.
Before retiring two years ago at the age of 8, Cico, a purebred German Shepherd, worked as a cross-trained narcotic detection/patrol dog for Lancaster city police under the direction of his handler, Det. Mike Gerace
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New Graduating K-9 Officers: A Look at Their Training
Three “F’s” handlers, trainers, and canines live by are firm, fair, fun.
That’s according to long-time dog handler Gene England.
Apprehension, searching for narcotics, and obedience are tests new canine officer’s and their new partners train for at Gene England’s Advance K-9 Academy in Scottsville.
Jamie Lampton with the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department says this is something he has always wanted.
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Edgewater welcomes 1st K-9 team
Karma is a great name for a K9!
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As Edgewater Police Officer John Tarr and his new partner, Karma, trained Wednesday morning, their similarities were remarkable.
The 38-year-old man and 2-year-old Belgian Malinois both bounded excitedly across the grass, determined to please the other. They displayed intense attention to their lessons, and both appeared to be having fun.
“I am the one who is getting all the training,” said Tarr of the more than 400 hours of instruction he and Karma will require to gain their operational certification.
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Police K-9 Dog Trials Raise Money for Slain Police Officer
The Salisbury High School football field was the venue for the first Police K-9 Trials, held Sunday in memory of fallen Berks County Deputy Sheriff Kyle Pagerly, whose K-9 partner, Jynx, was working with him when he was slain.
Pagerly was shot in the line of duty on June 29, 2011 leaving a wife, unborn child and other family members to cope with their loss.
Jynx, a two-year-old German Shepherd, was trained at the Philadelphia K-9 Academy in 2009 with a speciality in explosives and patrol.
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