An ounce of cocaine doesn’t usually come with a blue ribbon, even in Miami. That didn’t stop Emma Bartelt, 10, from winning first prize in the science competition at Coral Gables Preparatory Academy with the help of three drug-sniffing hounds and 28 grams of the illicit white powder, all provided by the Miami-Dade Police…
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Lago and Laredo aren’t the typical residents of a correctional facility. The brothers, having never been convicted of any crimes, eat, sleep, live and play behind imposing security fences among the inmates and military guards of the Northwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Read more: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/101152/inmates-paws-cause#.UQimMz4OBlk.facebook#ixzz2JcXKN3r9 Read…
1/28/2013 – MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho — For a few weeks in January, MHAFB held the distinction of having the longest-serving military working dog in the Department of Defense. Base leadership, fellow Defenders and other members of the Gunfighter family came out to say farewell to Tanja as she left the 366th Security Forces Squadron kennels…
In a review of recent case law, in which I focused on a trend toward statistical analysis of K-9 team deployments versus real finds of actual drugs, I was forced to examine what factors have led America’s K-9 handlers to the precarious position in which they find themselves. Unfortunately, I have discovered that in many…
The Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is planning to use new advances in MRI scanning technology and animal brain research to help select the most suitable dogs for military and law enforcement tasks. Under the appropriate umbrella title FIDOS — “Functional Imaging to Develop Outstanding Service-Dogs” — the agency has put out a call…
A Secret Service dog fell to its death Saturday night while doing a sweep of a multi-story parking deck near a hotel where Vice President Joe Biden was speaking. The Belgian Malinois fell from the roof of the six-story deck adjacent to The Ritz-Carlton in New Orleans where Biden was speaking at a fundraiser for…
One Detroit mother is fighting to ensure that the dutiful dog who served alongside her son is buried in a national cemetery. Mina is a male black lab who served nine tours of duty in Afghanistan and was promoted to sergeant before retiring from the Army, Fox 2 News reported. The dog served three tours…
Canines with: Courage – Honor – Loyalty January 2013 MESS WITH THESE ‘ALPHA DOGS,’ AND THEY WON’T HESITATE TO BITE YOUR HEAD OFF The United States War Dogs Association has teamed with Nat Geo WILD, short for National Geographic WILD to promote a new and…
(Washington, D.C. – January 4, 2013) They hail from Europe, and respond to commands in their native tongue; they are members of every branch of the military, the Secret Service and law enforcement agencies worldwide; they have helped take down some of the most infamous terrorists in history; and they are suckers for a tennis…
Military working dogs will play a key role at President Obama’s inauguration next week. Col. Jesse D. Galvan, who serves as the provost marshal for Joint Task Force-National Capital Region/Military District of Washington, was quoted in an Army press release as saying his organization would help provide support to the Secret Service. Read More: