Honoring Police, Military, and Working Dogs Worldwide
Posted in police dog teams, police dogs on Jul 10th, 2009
Newsday via YellowBrix
July 10, 2009
Talk about taking a bite out of crime.
When an ex-con suspected of a New Cassel robbery lunged at the Nassau County police officer questioning him earlier this week, the officer’s German shepherd, Thunder, had a fierce reaction involving his teeth and the suspect’s thigh, authorities said.
It wasn’t Thunder’s first, ahem, collar [...]
Posted in police dog teams on Jul 1st, 2009
“10 dogs and their police handlers graduated from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office K-9 school on June 26th, 2009″
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Posted in police dog teams, police dogs on Jun 7th, 2009
By LAVINIA DeCASTRO • Courier-Post Staff
Sirius ran into the World Trade Center’s Tower 1 on Sept. 11, 2001, and never came out.
Grace searched for people in the ruins left behind by hurricanes Ike, Hannah and Gustav.
CHRIS LaCHALL/Courier-Post
Gloucester Township Patrolman Mark Pickard shakes hands Saturday with Dave Hahn of Pitman. Hahn’s German shepherd, Schultz, was one [...]
Posted in Tribute Videos, police dog teams, police dogs, various k9 videos on May 27th, 2009
Touching video here of a funeral for a Las Vegas Metro Police Dog named Ben.
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Posted in police dog teams, police dogs on May 9th, 2009
By TERRI HAHN, News Messenger
Sometimes small town police departments have the biggest hearts, especially when it comes to K9s.
Waskom Police Department’s K9 partnerships, Officer Forrest Mitchell with K9 Harley and Officer Dwayne Longmire with K9 Caesar proved just that at the 2009 National Narcotic Detector Dog Association conference.
Terri Hahn/News Messenger
Officer Dwayne Longmire with K9 Caesar [...]
Posted in Various Teams, police dog teams, police dogs on May 3rd, 2009
Posted by Kaye Spector/Plain Dealer Reporter
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Dar the police dog is a tenacious fighter. In July, he endured repeated punches and an accidental Tasering to chase down and help detain a suspect who had assaulted his human police partner.
Lisa DeJong/The Plain Dealer
Zeus waits to receive the 2008 Top Honor for Narcotics Detection Award [...]
Posted in fallen dogs, police dog teams, police dogs, retired dogs on Apr 19th, 2009
By RANDI ROSSMANN
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Petaluma’s acclaimed police dog, Roy, died last weekend, leaving a legacy of city service and a reputation as an award-winning law enforcement canine.
The 14-year-old Belgian Malinois “retired” from service in January 2007 after eight years and continued living with his handler, Officer Paul Accornero.
PETALUMA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Petaluma’s acclaimed police dog, Roy, died [...]
Posted in Working Dog News, air force teams, police dog teams on Jan 20th, 2009
by Staff Sgt. Thomas J. Doscher
386th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
1/15/2009 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) – Dental Airmen teamed up with Army veterinarians to give an Air Force working dog a root canal and get her back into the fight Jan. 15 at an air base in Southwest Asia.
Airmen, Soldiers team up to keep working dog in the fight
Military [...]
Posted in police dog teams, police dogs on Dec 22nd, 2008
Ventura Police Department K9 Team Thanks the Community and Partners with Local Radio Station to Donate Toys for the Holidays
VPD Community News
Thursday, December 11, 2008
On December 10, 2008 Ventura Police Department (VPD) K9 Officers Jack Ortega, and K9 Partner Felix, along with K9 Officers Jamie Nave and Scott Garrett, appeared on “Bo In the Morning” [...]
Posted in police dog teams, police dogs on Dec 22nd, 2008
Tigard Police Proudly Adds New K-9
On Monday, Tigard Police Officer Brian Jackson was officially recognized as a certified K-9 Handler with the State of Oregon. Officer Jackson recently completed a 400 hour K-9 training program offered locally through the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. A total of seven officers, representing six local police agencies, received K-9 [...]