BANDON, Ore. – Coos County Sheriff’s Office K9 Cena helped apprehend an assault suspect in Bandon Sunday night.
The Sheriff’s Office reports that at around 8:49 p.m., Coos County Sheriff’s Office and Bandon Police responded to a report of an assault on Rosa Road.
The investigation revealed that a male who had been located on the victim’s property assaulted the victim after being confronted for trespassing. The male left the area on foot.
Sergeant Adam Slater and K9 Cena tracked the suspect for about a half mile. Sgt. Slater and Cena located the suspect hiding in the brush in the back yard of a home on Astor Lane. 41-year-old Robert Senn was arrested and taken to the Coos County Jail. Read More
OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — With the help of police K9 dog Luna, drugs and $190,920 in cash were recovered at Oakland International Airport, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office announced on Friday. The drug bust included the recovery of ketamine, methamphetamine, MDA, LSD, and marijuana.
We know the drug fentanyl is dangerous and deadly but it’s not just the user who is at risk.
So are the law enforcement, medical professionals, and even the crime lab scientists who are trying to get it off the streets.
MTN News takes an in-depth look at the danger and the scope of this new drug epidemic in Montana. Read More
Two men face drug trafficking charges after a police dog named Trapper sniffed out suspected crystal meth in a car, according to police.
The K-9 cop helped police discover the alleged methamphetamine during a search on March 19. Read More
As it turns out, dogs are helping catch criminals in Iredell County.
The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office’s K-9s recently sniffed out more than 100 pounds of illegal drugs during a traffic stop.
Whatever Sergeant Leo Hayes asks Connie to do, the K-9 is on it. Connie has a nose for the scent of trouble.
“When she smells the odor of illegal drugs, she freezes, her tail goes straight, she quits breathing– I can’t tell a dog to do that, that’s her way of telling me like hey there is drugs in that car,” Sergeant Leo Hayes said. “The dogs think that they’re searching for a toy that has the odor of the drugs that they’re trained to find.” Read More
ARAPAHOE, Neb. —
The four-legged officer at the Furnas County Sheriff’s Office received a special gift on Sunday.
A non-profit that benefits families of fallen and injured first responders is focusing on also supporting K9’s across the country.
With a 1-mile run the non-profit Running 4 Heroes honored K9’s in southern Nebraska. Read More
A K9 with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics is getting a few extra treats following a major drug bust on Wednesday.
Officials with the OBN say K9 Yeko intercepted 9 kilos of fentanyl that was being trafficked through Oklahoma.
The department says the fentanyl was enough to make over 90,000 counterfeit pills with a street value of $3.6 million.
In September, the Drug Enforcement Agency issued a Public Safety Alert about the increasing number of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine entering the country. The pills are sometimes deadly, and are being mass-produced by criminal drug networks.
DEA testing indicates a dramatic rise in the number of counterfeit pills containing at least two milligrams of fentanyl – which is considered a deadly dose and could fit on the tip of a pencil. Read More
The future of the K-9 unit at the Allegan County Sheriff’s Department is getting a boost thanks to a donation by Gun Lake Casino. Gun Lake Casino is donating $4,000 to cover the cost of K-9 training, according to a Facebook post from the casino Friday. The department currently has four dogs, but three of them are set to retire in the next few years. Health issues has left the K-9 unit down a four-legged officer as early as March. Two of the other three are scheduled to retire in the next three years. The donation will help the one remaining K-9, Thor, to participate in a five week training program. Read More
When a suspected criminal ran from police and tried to steal vehicles from people sitting at a red light, Remy and his handler leapt into action.
Remy, a Belgian Malinois/German Shepherd mix, is a K-9 with the Port Arthur Police Department, where he is paired with Officer Ashton Moss.
“When I arrived with my dog, I gave (the suspect) a bunch of warnings to give up and he didn’t and I sent my dog,” Moss said from inside the department’s training room this week.
The suspect tried to jump on top of a car, Moss said, and Remy followed and pulled the man down.
PAPD has a long history of working with canine counterparts. Decades ago there was a team who handled bloodhounds. Currently the handlers have Belgian Malinois, one has a German Shepherd and Moss has the mixed dog. Read More