K-9
The K-9 topic page provides police K-9 handlers with news, education and training content that will increase the effectiveness of their performance as a K-9 handler and the effectiveness of their K-9 team.
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office started a police therapy K9 program to improve community engagement and better serve their citizens
Man faces animal cruelty charges for swinging his pet at the officer
Police have solved the case of a mysterious gravestone
Bill authorizes up to a year in jail and fines for hurting and harassing animals that are helping law enforcement
A standoff left a K-9 and suspect shot and killed
If selected properly, any patrol dog can be a SWAT dog, and a properly trained and motivated patrol dog handler can be a SWAT dog handler
Officer saw dog left in car for over two hours and rescued him by breaking back window with baton
Judges are concerned that dogs who always signal for drugs might give police ‘pretext’ to search anyone’s car
Bill allows donation of dogs, horses and other animals when they become unfit to work
There are currently no laws that prevent officers from keeping their dogs in the car in the state
5-year-old bloodhound has worked as a tracking dog for Conyers Police for four years
Two dogs in peril were saved by quick-thinking officer
Suffering from the heat, the dog was rushed to a veterinarian where he was pronounced dead
Dogs are being deployed to departments nationwide
Officer, K-9 and equipment from cruiser were all evacuated from blaze
Searchers using dogs and helicopters on Tuesday continued to focus intensely on a heavily wooded area
The girl suffered cuts to her face and was treated at a hospital
Suspect is being held in the jail on $750,000 bond on two charges of first-degree assault
Just as we lose too many officers to trees and phone poles in completely avoidable single-vehicle crashes, the sad truth is that police dogs die in hot cars all too frequently — we must end that problem now
Forbids bail bondsmen from using certain-colored uniforms or vehicles with emblems that the public might mistake for law enforcement
Handler apparently left them in his vehicle after returning to his home from work
Deputy stopped a vehicle and was startled when two men came out of the nearby woods and attacked him
40-year-old Lt. Eric Eslary and his K-9, Blek, were on patrol and traveling in an SUV when a van crashed into them
A law enforcement official at Los Angeles International Airport says a live stick of dynamite was accidentally left on an old plane at an airport museum
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