Fresno CA September 3 2023 Staff, patients and visitors will notice a new face at Saint Agnes Medical Center in northeast Fresno. The hospital is now the first in the Central Valley to have a K9 team — 15-month-old Athos and his handler, Officer William Dennis. “They come to work. They walk around the hospital. The […]
Benton County, Washington August 11 2023 Dee and Freda have joined the Hanford Nuclear reservation site security team in Eastern Washington. They are K-9 police dogs specially trained to sniff out explosives. “We consider Dee and Freda crucial members of the Hanford Patrol family,” said Patrol Chief Lorin Cyr. They replace retiring K-9s Martha and […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. July 4, 2023 The Duval County School Police have a new member on their team. Maverick, a Belgian Malinois, officially joined the specialty K9 unit, fulfilling district leaders’ year-long goal to enhance school safety. Maverick’s exceptional skills and dedication were recognized at the end of May during a swearing-in ceremony. Along with his handler, […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. May 20 2023 Northlake Mall debuted the K-9 Patrol Unit as its newest addition to its enhanced security program on Wednesday, May 17th. K-9 handler Angel Hernandez and Firearm Detection Dog, Smokey, have completed the Allied Universal Security Services firearm detection training program. The pair are licensed through the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, […]
Huntsville Alabama May 14 2023 Huntsville Hospital Health System’s patients, visitors, and staff are head-over-paws for Mollie the German shepherd, who is believed to be the first hospital-based security K9 in the state. Mollie’s primary purpose is sniffing out illegal narcotics, a job for which she is certified through the National Narcotic Detector Dog Association as […]
Las Vegas NV April 13 2023 Five-star service one sniff at a time. That’s the motto of an elite K9 team working to keep the Las Vegas Strip safe The dogs are with Wynn Las Vegas; one of the longest continuously operating K9 programs in the resort corridor. During an exclusive demonstration some of the handlers […]
Las Vegas NV April 7 2023 Keeping large Las Vegas gatherings safe is a team effort, and not all of the members of that team have two legs. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has added two dogs to its K-9 unit, which works to detect explosives. The new unit members, golden retrievers Bear […]
New York NY February 24, 2023 One of New York City’s largest shopping districts is hiring K-9s to help protect businesses against rampant shoplifting. “We’ve had a lot of complaints. A lot of shoplifting occurs in drugstores,” Kevin Ward, a former NYPD cop and the vice president of security for the 34th Street Partnership, told the […]
Chicago IL February 24 2023 A private security patrol has been shot dead. The Chicago police are investigating after the security dog was found shot to death on the city’s South Side. The dog was shot around 9:49 p.m. Wednesday inside a gated area in the 6800 block of South Prairie in the Greater Grand […]
Ann Arbor MI December6, 2022 Michigan Medicine Security is adding two new K-9 teams to its roster. Officers Joe Medrano and Charles “Chan” Duckworth and their K-9 partners, Maizy and Loken, are currently in training and expected to be fully certified in mid-December. Once official, Medrano and Maizy will primarily serve the main medical […]