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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. Their duties may include searching for drugs and explosives , locating missing people , finding crime scene evidence, protecting officers and other people, and attacking suspects who flee from officers.
Ridgeside K9 is a veteran-owned business. When a 17-year-old Aaron Taylor joined the United States Marine Corps in 1998, it was to find a way out of a difficult situation in Fairfax County, Virginia.
There is one lieutenant, four sergeants, and 44 police officers who are assigned to the K-9 Unit and serve as handlers with their canine partners. The department has one of the best trained K-9 units in the United States. At a national competition in 2013, two MTA Police dogs took third and fourth place in explosives detection. [4]
On August 8, 2007, during a canine training exercise, North Carolina Highway Patrol Sgt. Charles L. Jones was video taped by cell phone hanging his assigned police dog by the neck and repeatedly kicking the dog in order for it to release a chew toy that was in the dog's mouth. Jones claimed he was following proper canine handling procedure.
Connecticut State Police were the pioneers of electronic storage detection training for K9 officers after they discovered a common chemical used in all electronic memory, according to Hochron.
Framingham K9 officer Andrew Lewis watches as his partner, Murph, looks for shell casings during a demonstration at the fourth day of the Framingham Youth Police Academy at Loring Arena in ...
Police officers at the scene had not turned their body cameras on and did not give first aid to the dying man. The trial has been repeatedly postponed as of April, 2024. On August 30, 2022, officer Ricky Anderson shot and killed Donovan Lewis while serving a warrant in the early hours of the morning. Lewis was unarmed and laying in his bed.
State police employees who work in civilian clothing for 10 days or more each calendar month receive a stipend of $62.50 per month. State police employees who work a five-day workweek are compensated an extra 17 days off per year. This time off is to align with employees who work four days on duty, then get two days off. [33]