Chicago IL August 3 2019 Security guards with dogs are no longer patrolling CTA platforms amid questions about whether the guards, employed by a private contractor of the transit agency, had been property trained to handle the animals. Instead, two-person security teams are being used, CTA spokesman Brian Steele said Thursday. The muzzled dogs for […]
Tacoma WA Aug 2 2019 MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital has launched a new K9 security program to provide an added level of safety for patients, visitors, and staff, marking the first hospital-based canine program in the Puget Sound and one of only a small percentage found in hospitals across the country. The launch follows as 90-day […]
Dallas TX July 26 2019 There’s nothing Szultan and Bovli love more than to play, but when they roll into DFW International Airport with their handlers, it’s all business. After all, there’s nothing more serious than finding explosives intended for airplanes. Szultan and Bovli are two of 1,100 dogs the Transportation Security Administration uses to […]
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. July 17 2019— There’s a new member of Bassett Medical Center’s security team. Hudson is the first K-9 to work on the hospital’s security detail. He’s 3 ½ years old and will be working with handler and security officer Robert Meiser. The two started making rounds at the hospital last month. Hudson is […]
BALTIMORE MD July 12 2019 The University of Maryland Baltimore’s police department recently welcomed its first comfort dog “Officer” Lexi. The Australian Shepherd mix is only the third dog to join a university police department with a K9 comfort dog program. “Community relationships are so very important when it comes to policing,” said Pfc. Kelli Blackwell, […]
MOBILE, Ala. July 2 2019 A Mobile family is alleging racial profiling by security at the Shoppes at Bel Air mall. Families say mall’s security K-9 “aggressively approached” and bit a teen who was in handcuffs. The family held a press conference Monday morning to discuss the allegations. The family’s attorneys L. Chris Stewart of Stewart Trial […]
Columbus OH June 27 2019 There will be a new security guard roaming the hallways of Riverside Methodist Hospital: A drug-sniffing dog. Rudy comes from Holland and the hospital believes the cost to train and employ him is worth the $65,000 price tag. “When people see a dog around, they’ll know if I do have […]
FOUKE ARK AR June 15 2019 — Fouke School District and Miller County Prosecuting Attorney Stephanie Barrett will introduce the school district’s new police dog Major on Tuesday morning at the school. Barrett is entering her second year in partnership with Fouke Public School District to implement school safety measures in south Miller County. The partnership […]
STATELINE, NV May 24 2019 Harrah’s and Harveys Lake Tahoe have beefed up – or rather pooched up – its security when it added 1.5-year-old Belgian Malinois named Greta to its staff. Greta will patrol both Tahoe properties and sometimes Harrah’s Reno and will do periodic searches, the casinos announced Wednesday in a statement. While Greta […]
LAS VEGAS NV April 24 2019 It’s a ‘ruff’ job, but thanks to a generous $100,000 gift from the Consumer Technology Association, the two bomb-sniffing yellow labs that help with security at the Las Vegas Convention Center, now have two black lab partners. The LVCVA said the gift from CTA, which owns and produces the Consumer […]