CANINE [K-9] Unit

Canine Unit

The K-9 Certification is a newly made decision by Administration to remove K-9 as a division and reinstate it as a department certification.  Patrol officers are able to join this division through training and certification.

The Canine Unit is a specialized unit of the Specialized Patrol Bureau, which utilizes a police officer/handler paired with a working dog. This unit is utilized for proactive criminal enforcement and exigent circumstances where a canine is more effective than a human officer in detecting, locating, and apprehending suspects and/or victims. The proper use of a canine division has been scientifically shown to reduce the number of officer involved shootings in a police department. Only trained canine officers will exercise control over the canine, or direct the canine to perform tasks. Our canine has satisfactorily met the phases of training of a recognized police canine association such as the Los Santos Police Canine Association or the Los Santos Narcotic Detector Dog Association.

 - Searches, (Drugs, Weapons, Suspects) Any Sort Of Search Like That! 

- Foot Pursuits! (K9 Member's are Very Helpful and Needed in times of 10-70's. You Can Step Up And Help Provide This by Being Apart of K9!) 

- Narcotics/Evidence Searches (While On a 10-11 If Someone Suspects A Suspect of Having Narcotics, You may Be Called To Assist with this and Have your dog search the vehicle!) 

- Search and Rescue/Tracking! (Your Dog's have a Great Sense of Smell. Utilize that to the maximum with these type's of scene's!) 

Join the K9 Division Today.