Carson City Sheriff's Office K9 Unit, SWAT complete interactive training exercises
Last week Carson City Sheriff’s Office SWAT and the K9 Unit completed the SWAT & K9’s Interacting During Deployment School (SKIDDS) training. K9s, Handlers, and SWAT exercised slow stealth and tactical team movements.
The K9s were deployed to various facilities to practice search techniques, tracking, and SWAT building breaches. K9s had to familiarize themselves with SWAT presence and equipment. SWAT practiced scenarios where the assistance of the K9 Unit is often considered best practice.
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According to the Carson City Sheriff's Office website, the K-9 program dates back to the 1960’s when Baron, a 100-plus pound German Shepard, became the first K-9 in the department. Through the decades, K-9 programs all across the country have grown to be viewed as ambassadors to citizen outreach, and a “deputy partner” to the handler on patrol.
Among K-9 divisions, every agency upholds a philosophy which stands on its own for definition, use, attributes, and limitations. At the Carson City Sheriff’s Office, the “Canine Unit or K-9” is comprised of hand-picked dogs (and handlers) that are trained to specialties in drug detection, patrol operations, and search; furthermore, each K-9 is specifically matched to its highly motivated handler. All of the local K-9s are selected to be “pet friendly,” they are all capable of being in the close proximity of children and safe to the pets of citizens.
Nevertheless, they are fully capable of assisting their handlers in day-to-day law enforcement activities, even assisting in the apprehension of violent offenders. The Sheriff’s K-9 team is required to effectively operate on the highest standards of principles during both on-duty and off-duty schedules.