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.
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Officials are using the hashtag #HeatStrokeKills to spread the message about this preventable tragedy
3 K-9 units tracked the child’s scent to the bank of the creek where they found his shoes, heard his screams
Training has changed for the marijuana-sniffing K-9s of Washington state
The town agreed to sell the popular dog to the officer, who resigned after a Facebook post landed him in trouble with the department
Prosecution service staff repeatedly requested that Peach write a report, so his fed-up partner wrote it for him
Ape was shot by Kurt Myers as it led the way for officers who stormed an abandoned bar where Myers was hiding early Thursday morning
Following the massacre, they sent copies of two children’s books about K-9 units to be added to the library
The pet lab died of food poisoning, the K-9 is recovering, as police investigate the robbery
The dog was digging for the gun in a snowbank, where a suspect had thrown it from his vehicle
The court ruled they are too scientifically unreliable to form the basis of any conviction
Part one of a two-part series
I propose to you that there is a difference between a full-time K-9 officer and a full-time interdiction officer who happens to be a certified dog handler
The Supreme Court decision in Florida v. Harris reaffirms the value of detector dog teams as drug interdiction tools and gently reminds courts across the nation of the time-honored principles of probable cause to search
Police do not have to extensively document a drug-sniffing dog’s reliability in the field to uphold its work in court
The dog had found the suspect in the basement, who was wanted on a criminal sexual warrant
The 5 1/2 year old German Shepherd had served with the department since 2008
National outrage after the dog’s 2010 death led to New Jersey’s “Schultz’s Law,” requiring a three- to five-year sentence for those who harm law enforcement animals
Sudden passing of longtime partner highlights bond between working dogs and handlers
Suspect was found guilty on charges of cruelty to a police dog and resisting arrest, receiving maximum sentence
He threatened to bite it and barked at the dog while staging a home invasion
The K-9s are brought into the hospital as pet therapy for sick children during the holidays
CHP police dog was wounded in attack; man shot when he tried to re-enter home with wife and child inside
The department was awarded $20,000 to put towards a K-9 and 8 automated external defibrillators
Hearing arguments in Florida v. Jardines and Florida v. Harris today, the Supreme Court considers police drug dogs for the first time since the 2005 case of Illinois v. Caballes
Incidents involving drug sniffing K-9s brings reliability and legality into question
Spokesperson says it was a misunderstanding, and they are looking to change practices regarding K-9s
Because it’s trained to attack on command, company considers animal ‘aggressive’
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