Four-footed Officers of Delmarva (Part 4)

Part four of our week honoring those who serve our communities on four feet includes: K9's from the Queen Anne's County Sheriff's Office, Ocean City Mounted Patrol, Weatherkitty of the Cecil County Sheriff's Office and K9 Officers from central Delaware.



• • • K9's from the Queen Anne's County Sheriff's Office • • •

Four-footed Officers of Delmarva (Part 2)

This week we are acknowledging a very important part of law enforcement - the animal officers who serve and protect in departments across the Delmarva Peninsula. Here is part 2 which features four canines and their agencies.



• • • • • K9 "Kido", Delaware DOC • • • • •

About: the "K-9 Unit provides enhanced institutional security and a drug interdiction capability. The K-9 training regimen includes on-going proficiency training, narcotic drug detection, offender disturbance control, perimeter security, evidence collection, escapee apprehension and crowd control, as well as basic training. Upon completion of training, teams are certified at the Police Dog I standard under guidelines established by the United States Police Canine Association (USPCA)." Source: http://www.doc.delaware.gov/BOP/

Four-Footed Officers of Delmarva (Maryland and Delaware) Part I

Introducing the patrol partners on four feet (or hooves) from the Delmarva area ~ highlighting dogs, horses and even a cat. There are four parts to this series (see links below) and on this first post we will be featuring K9 Hank (Salisbury PD), K9 Emmy (Dorchester County Sheriff's Office), overview of the working dogs at the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office, and horses from the New Castle County Mounted Patrol Unit.

Two K9 Officers lost in less than 24 hours....RIP K9 Krijger and K9 Jethro

K9 Officer "Jethro" of the Canton, Ohio Police Department was shot Saturday, January 9th while pursing a suspect. Despite the best possible medical attention, sadly, on Sunday morning the news was released that he had passed. 

You can see more about Jethro here https://www.odmp.org/k9

This morning, Monday January 11th, we just learned that another canine officer from the Norfolk Virginia Police Department was killed last night. Two police dogs lost in less than 24 hours.....RIP K-9 "Kijger"

http://www.goheroes.us/53-hours/police-dog-shot-and-killed-during-overnight-officer-involved-shooting

Our thoughts are with the Norfolk Police Department and especially Krijger's handler. :'(

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