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.
From vet visits to ballistic vests and drug detection tools, here’s how to promote the health and safety of your four-legged officers
K-9 Puskas, whose heroics captured the world’s attention earlier this year, lives to serve and protect his community
Police K-9s are being trained to detect the nearly-imperceptible scent found on hard drives, thumb drives and tiny SD cards
Officer wanted to take his picture with the dog, so he knelt down with a camera phone and wrapped his arm around the dog’s neck
K-9 unit Officer Jeff Dorn is recovering from leg wounds and his police dog Mick was fatally shot Wednesday
An Oregon officer was shot and a K-9 was killed after a suspect with a rifle opened fire during a traffic stop
Officers in the Johnstown Police Department’s K9 unit are their dog’s partners, friends and — in some unfortunate situations — their doctors, too
Authorities were on the defensive during the fourth day of a monthlong offensive to remove an outspoken rancher’s cattle from lands administered by the BLM
Two NYPD K-9 officers traveled to the state of Washington to help in rescue efforts there in the wake of devastating mudslides that have killed 30 people
Bruno underwent emergency surgery in another medical complication for the injured German shepherd
“It’s been a long three months, but I’m better,” Officer Phil Lerza said
A Midlands K-9 officer that was hit by a vehicle on Sunday has died
Officer Marty Dulworth wants people to look at his recovery and realize there’s always hope
Bruno suffered a shattered jaw and damaged lung when a gunman opened fire during a confrontation with officers in an alleyway late last week
An Anaheim police K-9 handler has been reunited with his German shepherd partner, Bruno, after the dog was shot in the face last week by a suspect
Officer Antonio Colon said goodbye to Jet, one of the longest serving members of the Cleveland Police K-9 Unit, at a Monday memorial service
The German shepherd known as Bruno received blood from his K-9 colleagues Ares and Guenther
The canine suffered gunshot wounds to his head and neck and had “massive trauma”
An Anaheim police dog was shot in the face Thursday during a probation search and officer-involved shooting
Max, a 5-year-old German shepherd, had been with the department since September 2011
As the color guard presented the colors to open Monday’s memorial service, the only sound was the heavy panting of the K-9 officers who had taken their spots at their officers’ feet
Suspect in a double homicide shot a US Forestry officer and K-9 before being killed by officers during a manhunt
Police were responding to a call about someone trying to break into vehicles and found the stick-wielding suspect
House Judiciary Committee has advanced legislation that would strengthen felony charges for anyone who deliberately harms or kills a K-9 officer in the line of duty
K-9 Officer Umberto was put down by a vet after falling ill and a judge didn’t allow his partner a continuance to grieve
The 4-year-old German shepherd named Caeser served three tours of duty overseas. Now he’ll be patrolling the NYC subways with Officer Juan Rodriguez
One of the suspects proclaimed K-9 Odin as “awesome!”
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