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A police dog, also known as a K-9 (portmanteau of canine), [1] is a dog that is trained to assist police and other law enforcement officers.
K9, the nickname of police dogs and the police dog unit itself; Canine or Canis, a genus including dogs, wolves, coyotes, and jackals; K9 or K-9 may also refer to:
Finn was a German Shepherd and retired police dog of the Hertfordshire Constabulary in England. In October 2016, Finn and his handler confronted a youth who was suspected of being armed; the dog was stabbed and the police officer injured to the hand with a large knife. The dog required emergency surgery, but he returned to duty eleven weeks later.
The Queensland Police Department in Queensland, Australia has a very special officer in their squad. Most people would call him a hero. We're talking of course about their Golden Retriever on ...
Wunderlich said the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office requested SLED on Aug. 29 to investigate the death of the police dog, commonly referred to as a “K-9.”
Dogs Slang term understood to compare police activity to that of dogs, i.e. sniffing around etc. Ds Slang for detectives, police. [21] Dibble The name of fictional police officer in the cartoon Top Cat. "Dibble" has been adopted as a British-English slang term for police officer (can be in fun), especially one with Greater Manchester Police [22 ...
Police dogs are in widespread use across the United States. Police dogs are operated on the federal, state, county, and local levels and are used for a wide variety of duties, similar to those of other nations. Their duties generally include detecting illegal narcotics, explosives, and other weapons, search-and-rescue, and cadaver searches. [34]
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