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Patrol
Shelter Dogs: From the Dog Pound to K-9 Duty
Recently, a number of law enforcement agencies have decided to expand their K-9 ranks to include some unusual breeds and mixed breed dogs from shelters and dog rescues. There are now organizations that are funding the training of shelter dogs for police work or training and placing dogs with agencies.
April 10, 2017
Patrol
Virginia Officers Take Shelter Dogs on Patrol to Find Adoptive Homes
Officers with the Williamsburg (VA) Police Department have taken to being accompanied by dogs from area animal shelters in a "K-9 for a day" program aimed at finding the animals adoptive homes.
January 29, 2020
Patrol
Video: California Officers Race to Save Shelter Dogs, Cats from Wildfire
In the chaotic moments on Friday when the Nelson Fire first started bearing down in Solano County, officers from the Vacaville Police Department jumped into action.
August 15, 2018
Patrol
California Officers Race to Save Shelter Dogs, Cats from Wildfire
In the chaotic moments on Friday when the Nelson Fire first started bearing down in Solano County, officers from the Vacaville Police Department jumped into action. More Here.
August 15, 2018
Patrol
California Officer Adopts Dog She Rescued From Wild Fire
Officers from the Vacaville (CA) Police Department recently helped evacuate dozens of dogs as the fast-moving Nelson Fire threatened the animal shelter they were housed in—and one of those officers has recently adopted one of those dogs.
August 27, 2018
Training
Group Trains 'Pit Bulls' to be Police K-9s
Most people envision a police dog as a German shepherd, Belgian malinois, bloodhound, or maybe a Labrador retriever. But some are hoping to change that by introducing mixed-breed shelter dogs that many call "pit bulls."
December 26, 2016
Patrol
North Carolina Agency Welcomes Former Shelter Dog as Narcotics K-9
The Gaston (NC) Police Department has a new member of its narcotics enforcement team—K-9 Jax—that was once a rescue dog and was taken in and trained by a local establishment focused on animal care, shelter, and training.
June 16, 2020
Patrol
Florida Shelter Dog Trained to Sniff Out Child Porn
A former shelter dog is now fighting crime and stopping child predators in Manatee County, FL. Sheriff’s deputies added a shelter dog named Gia to their K-9 unit.
April 22, 2016
Patrol
Once a Shelter Dog, K-9 Joins Alabama Police Department
A dog that was once in peril of being put down at a Georgia animal shelter is now a K-9 with the Headland (AL) Police Department.
September 6, 2019
Patrol
It's Not About the Dogs
The point here is that when a police officer shoots and kills a dog, the reaction of the community is not really about the dog. It's about the owner's emotional loss.
November 6, 2014
Patrol
NY Police K-9 to Be Honored With Memorial Bench
In honor of Suffolk County (NY) Police Department K-9 Ace who recently passed away, the Gallagher family of ShopRite in Selden is donating a bench to the Selden Dog Park during the Doggy Fall Festival.
October 21, 2016
Patrol
After Little Girl’s Puppy Intentionally Killed, CA Deputies Give Her a Rescue Dog
The sheriff's office said the suspect drove up to the dog which was in the road. The dog's owner was reportedly trying to get it out of the roadway, when the driver yelled at her saying it should not be on the roadway then ran it over.
June 29, 2023
Patrol
NC Agency's Newest K-9s Are Rescue Pit Bulls
North Carolina's Clay County Sheriff's Office announced, proudly, that two new narcotic detection dogs had joined the team. Their names are Phantom and Sarah — and both are pit bulls, rescued from shelters and trained to be key members of the force.
March 20, 2017
Patrol
Sacramento Police Dispatcher On Duty During Murder of Officer Adopts Therapy Dog
The dispatcher who was on the radio channel during the incident in which 26-year-old officer Tara O'Sullivan was ambushed and killed has adopted the therapy dog that was on loan from a local animal shelter.
June 24, 2019
Patrol
Pit Bull Police Dog Defies Breed's Savage Stereotypes
When she graduates Friday from K-9 training school, Kiah will be one of just a few pit bulls to serve as a police dog. It's a job usually given to breeds that don't come with the pit bull's reputation — deserved or not — as a savage animal fit only for the company of criminals.
November 13, 2015
Special Units
Rhode Island State Police K-9 Featured in Netflix Movie Euthanized
During her 11-year police career, Ruby and her handler Corporal Daniel O’Neil participated in many search and rescue missions as part of the K-9 Unit and volunteered with the Community, Diversity and Equity Unit, appearing in schools and at many events.
May 17, 2022
Patrol
DHS Shelters Provide Relief To Tsunami Victims
DHS Technologies is the parent company of Reeves, which manufactures the Deployable Command and Control Equipment (DC2E) and Incident Command Post (ICP) portable shelters for use by law enforcement at critical incidents.
March 31, 2011
Patrol
NYPD Officers Take Rescue Dog on Special Patrol
The officers – all animal cruelty liaisons to the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) within their commands – escorted Jamie, a four-year-old pit bull mix, on a romp through Riverside Park and a special visit to the 20th Precinct on the Upper West Side to get her out of the adoption center for a few hours and hopefully into a new, loving home.
October 25, 2016
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