SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Dec 6 2020 CoxHealth is adding two new officers to its Springfield security team. The project to bring on K-9′s for CoxHealth campuses in Springfield started about a year ago. The dogs, their training and the special K-9 unit vehicles, all cost about $158,000. That money came from the CoxHealth Foundation. The handlers and […]
CINCINNATI, OH April 29 2019 The Lebanon City School District and Lebanon Police Department announced a joint venture to place a drug detection K9 on the junior high and high school grounds. Superintendent Todd Yohey submitted a $30,000 grant proposal to then Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine for the purchase of a drug dog, which included […]
WELLINGTON, Fla. December 26 2018– A police dog was killed and a man suspected of attempted murder was wounded Monday in a shootout outside the Mall at Wellington Green in Palm Beach County, authorities said. The shooting caused panic among shoppers buying last-minute Christmas gifts. Teri Barbera, a spokeswoman for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s […]
St. Clair Shores MI November 5 2018 A shootout outside the Lakeland Manor banquet hall in St. Clair Shores early Sunday resulted in the death of male shooter and a police dog with the St. Clair Shores Police Department. Police responded to reports of a man outside the banquet hall on Harper Avenue just before […]
OROVILLE CA Sept 15 2018 — The Oroville Police Department is enlisting some four-legged assistance to keep Oroville school campuses drug free. Frankie, an 8-month-old black Labrador retriever, was destined to be a police dog as he was bred for it. Once his training is complete, he will join school resource officers to patrol Oroville schools, […]
LAS VEGAS NV Jan 4 2018 – Security at marijuana dispensaries is paramount, and man’s best friend is helping keep people honest at one local dispensary. Many marijuana businesses already have 24-hour armed security, but K-9’s can do something no human can do. They can sniff out pot making its way out of the doors with […]
FLINT, Mich. Sept 2 2017 A Michigan school has added a new member to its security team and this new officer has quite the nose on them. Flint’s Powers Catholic High School newest security team members name is Pepper. She’s only 20 months old, but she’s already the talk of the school. It’s not just […]
Newman GA Aug 7 2017 Nestled inside International Park off Highway 34, a variety of beagle and Labrador retriever canines from across the country travel to Newnan to train at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Detector Dog Training Center. The dogs utilized by the USDA aren’t typically looking for bombs and drugs, but […]
Atlanta GA July 11 2017 Parents worried that their child is using drugs can now hire trained K-9s to search their home for everything from heroin to pot. We talked to a father whose son recently died after battling a heroin addiction. He told us he wishes he could have used the K-9s years ago to […]
RALEIGH, N.C July 11 2017 Visitors to Raleigh’s PNC Arena will see explosive-detection dogs at the venue beginning Tuesday. The Carolina Hurricanes and Gale Force Sports & Entertainment entered an agreement with K2 Solutions, Inc. to bring the dogs to the arena. The Southern Pines-based company will begin using its Person-Borne™ explosive detection dogs at the […]