K-9 Crime Fighters
APD's K-9 Patrol Current Roster
  1. Draco & DJ (K9-7): 7-year-old, 65-pound
    German Shepherd from Czechoslovakia with 6
    years of service*.
  2. Kozmo & Mark (K9-3): 10-year-old, 80-pound
    German Shepherd from Germany with 7 years
    of service.
  3. Ammo & Jimmie (K9-5): 9-year-old, 70-pound
    Belgian Malinois from The Netherlands with 6
    years of service.
  4. Chase & Shaun (K9-2): 5-year-old, 70-pound
    Belgian Malinois from The Netherlands with 3
    years of service.
  5. Vuk & Daniel (K9-4): 4-year-old, 75-pound
    Belgian Malinois from The Netherlands with 2
    years of service.
  6. Zeke & Randy (K9-6) -  Belgian Malinois, street
    ready as of Fall 2007
  7. Mike (K9-1) - in-training, new dog in the
    coming months
Last updated April 27, 2008
All K-9 Patrol teams are nationally certified as police canines before they work the
streets of Austin.  A patrol dog is certified to search buildings and areas for
unauthorized persons, search for evidence dropped or hidden by suspects, pursue and
apprehend suspects fleeing a scene, and protect his handler.

*Years of service is adjusted annually in June and may indicate a slightly shorter or longer period of
actual street duty.
DJ, wearing a protective bite suit,
takes a hit from police dog Chase
at an APD K-9 demonstration,
12/2/2005
Picture taken by The Austin
American-Statesman and used as Photo
of the Day in the 12/3/2005 issue.
APD's K-9 Patrol is headed by
Sgt. Mike Fitzgerald.  He is too
busy overseeing the K-9 Teams
to work a police dog, so he is the
only K-9 officer without a canine.