| APD K-9 Patrol Volunteer Newsletter |
| November 2004 |
| Volume 1, Number 1 |
| Volunteer Update |
| Sign up to be a K-9 Volunteer: Patrol K-9 could use some extra help from time to time. We are looking for volunteers who would like to work indirectly with the police dogs and can work nights after 10 P.M. Assistance may also be needed with other support activities, such as administrative tasks or using your computer skills, and the scheduling may be more flexible. If interested, then please take a moment to fill out a Volunteer Information Card, which will be available at the end of the second K-9 Patrol Information Class on November 17th. See Officer Lahr for details. |
| Arrest Highlights |
| Arrests made in the month of October include: |
| Officer Lahr & Draco – Male suspect robbed a deaf male victim at gunpoint. Draco located the suspect hiding in a creek bed near East Rundberg in north Austin. Officer Davenport & Ammo – Male suspect in a SWAT call was armed with knives and jumped out of a window to escape. Ammo stopped the suspect from escaping into a populated area with the weapons. Officer Mierl & Chase – While searching for the suspect and victim, Chase found the victim of a stabbing bleeding in the bushes. Medical help was summoned immediately. Officer White & Bandit - Caught a suspect who was involved with a car jacking. |
| Community |
| A special thank you goes out to Milk Bone and H.E.B. for donating $5,000 towards a new police canine. Milk Bone has a Police Dog Donation program where they team up with local grocery stores or retail chains to sponsor the purchase of new police dogs for local law enforcement agencies or airport security organizations. In the last six years, the Milk Bone police dog programs have sponsored over 265 new canines across the United States. The ceremony on October 25th at the H.E.B. at 11521 North FM 620 was attended by a number of people, including Chief Knee, the APD K-9 Unit, and children from Canyon Creek Elementary School. K-9 Patrol performed a series of police dog demonstrations, which was covered by local news stations. See the news clips at: http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=2458913&nav=0s3dSEFI http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/102004kvueCanine-eh.ad520a7.html |
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| APD K-9 PATROL INFORMATION CONTACT: Officer DJ Lahr darrin.lahr@ci.austin.tx.us EDITOR: Rose Kaminski rose@k9crimefighters.com WE’RE ON THE WEB! For more information: www.k9crimefighters.com |
| Last updated January 4, 2006 |
| Some Dog Facts: The average dog's mouth exerts 150 to 200 pounds of pressure per square inch. Some dogs can apply 450+ pounds. Dogs are red-green color blind, which is much like our vision at twilight. |
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| Certifications |
| Officer Rich Forbes & Aztek and Officer Greg White & Bandit recently obtained their National Police Canine Association (NPCA) Patrol Dog Certifications at the National Training Seminar and Competition in Pasadena, Texas. Congratulations to the officers and their dogs for being the first APD K-9 teams to achieve this certification. On October 25th, Officer Jimmie Davenport & Ammo and Officer Greg White & Bandit certified as the very first APD Level II SWAT dogs and handlers. They are now available for SWAT call-ups to work perimeter security, deliberate entry searches, and suspect apprehensions. Congratulations to all of them for being the first official APD SWAT K-9 Teams. |
| Upcoming |
| Annual Patrol Dog Certifications in January 2005. |
| Keep up with the latest APD K-9 Patrol news and activities. Sign up to receive your free monthly issue of the APD K-9 Patrol Volunteer Newsletter by either filling out a Volunteer Information Card or E-Mail the editor. |
| Training |
| K-9 Patrol is in the process of initiating a new narcotics detection program for three police canines and their handlers. Officer DJ Lahr & Draco, Officer Rich Forbes & Aztek, and Officer Mark Ferris & Kozmo will train to find illegal drugs, such as heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamines, in addition to patrol work. Head APD K-9 Trainer, Officer Lahr has years of experience in the Marines as an instructor training military dogs, their handlers, and other instructors for drug detection at the Department of Defense Military Working Dog Program at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. He is heading up the new narcotics detection program for the APD and expects to have the dual-purpose dogs ready to sniff out illegal narcotics on the street in early 2005. |