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Glendale K-9s in the Park: A Big Success

The 3rd Annual Glendale K-9s in the Park was a huge success! Thousands of people flocked to Verdugo Park on Saturday, October 15th with their families and four-legged friends in order to support the Glendale K-9 unit. The K-9 unit thrilled the crowd with three action-packed police demonstrations that featured nine dogs from five different police agencies! Startline Agility Center wowed onlookers with fast-paced jumps, weaves, and tunnels, while Sit Means Sit dazzled the crowd with a spectacular obedience demo. The park was filled with dozens of vendor booths, four local obedience groups, and even a low-cost pet vaccination clinic for on-site vaccines. Three pet rescues showed off some great dogs looking for new homes, as those who brought their dogs officially “clocked” their speed with a police radar gun. Kids were entertained all day with bouncers, face painting, balloon animals, and a 20-foot tall rock wall to climb. When the Glendale K-9s were not in the demo ring showing off their stuff, you could catch them at the photo booth for an opportunity to meet them up close and take your picture with them. Main stage activities included pet first aid classes, a kids dance group, and a pet Halloween costume contest! It was certainly a fun day for dog-lovers. If you missed it this year, you’ll have to definitely catch it next year. If you are interested in being a sponsor or vendor for next year’s Glendale K-9s in the Park, please send us a message from the "Contact" page with your information and how you’d like to participate. It’s a great way to advertise your business by setting up a vendor booth. Sign up today and secure your space for next year! We’d like to take this opportunity to thank our Chief Sponsors this year:

         

    

         

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K-9 Marlin Goes on Permanent Vacation

Posted by: Sgt. Spencer
September ., 2011

After 5 and a half years of dedicated service to Glendale and the surrounding areas, Marlin has retired from the Glendale K-9 unit. K-9 Marlin, who joined the force in March 2006, was cross-trained for suspect searches and narcotic detection. Together with his handler, Officer Robert Wynkoop, Marlin located many violent and dangerous suspects who ran and hid from police, including a known narcotics dealer, a gang member with a felony warrant, and a suspect who led police on a high-speed pursuit that ended with a collision. The suspect fled the location on foot, but was tracked down hours later by Marlin at a nearby apartment complex, where he was taken into custody. Marlin had numerous drug finds, one of which produced several kilos of cocaine hidden in a dashboard of a vehicle. During a “Man with a Gun” investigation, Marlin used his nose to search the area adjacent to where the suspect was taken into custody. Marlin alerted his handler to a gun that was stashed under a large bush by the suspect just prior to police arrival. Imagine if the gun was never found by police and ended up in the hands of a curious child. Marlin also took part in the apprehension of a suspect who was involved in a large-scale marijuana grow in the local Verdugo Mountains in 2008.

When Marlin was not chasing down suspects, he was performing demonstrations for kids and adults in the Glendale area. He competed in four police K-9 competitions in Southern California, winning the coveted “Trial Champion” one year and the next-best “Top Patrol Dog” award the following year.

Thank you, Marlin, for your dedicated service and good luck with your well-deserved retirement!

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K-9 Sam Accepts New Assignment as Housepet

Posted by: Sgt. Spencer
September 2, 2011

After six years of giving it his all, K-9 Sam is retiring from the Glendale Police Department’s K-9 Unit. Sam will now enjoy the rest of his life at home with his handler, Officer Shawn Sholtis, doing what most dogs do…resting. His retirement hobbies will include sunbathing, riding in a truck, camping, taking long walks, and licking table scraps from the floor. Yes, it’s finally time that he gets to be a plain ol’ dog.

However, Sam has been anything but a “plain ol’ dog” for the past six years. As one of Glendale K-9 Unit’s first dogs in 2005, Sam was cross-trained to find and apprehend suspects, search for explosives, track for missing persons, and look for evidence. Sam has taken numerous violent suspects off the street, many of whom were hiding from police in innocent families’ backyards or under houses. Some of Sam’s apprehensions include a carjacking suspect armed with a shotgun, two armed marijuana cultivation suspects in the local Verdugo Mountains, a robbery suspect hiding under a house, and a burglary suspect who fought with officers while trying to escape. Sam located a rifle that was used in an attempted double murder as well as a knife that was discarded by a suspect following a stabbing at a party. His explosive detection skills have been used to provide dignitary protection sweeps for such political figures as President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, former First Lady Nancy Reagan, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Duke William, and Duchess Kate. He has also been spotted doing bomb sweeps at large media events in Pasadena such as the Rose Parade, Rose Bowl game, BCS Championship Game, and several UCLA football and MLS soccer matches.

When he’s not fighting crime, Sam has been making friends in the community. With well over 100 demonstrations for local schools and organizations, Sam has met thousands of kids and adults. He has competed in six K-9 competitions in Southern California and Las Vegas and has won numerous awards for obedience, protection work, and explosive detection.

So as you can see, Sam is about to plunge into a well-deserved retirement. After living a regimented life as a working dog, Sam will enjoy the relaxation of being a family pet. Officer Sholtis will begin K-9 school in late September with a new K-9 partner and is expected to be on the streets of Glendale in November.

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Her Nose is like a Magnet for Drugs

Posted by: Sgt. Spencer
August 25, 2011

Well a keen sense of smell served our own K9 Yudy with a tremendous recovery of narcotics. After a lengthy investigation, members of our Narcotics Unit arrested two Heroin dealers. The unit recovered narcotics during the arrest, but the investigating officer harbored strong suspicions that more drugs were still hidden in the dealer’s car. The investigator brought the vehicle to a secure location and then summoned K9 Yudy and her handler, Officer Feeley.

Yudy conducted her routine sweep of the exterior of the vehicle, just as she had practiced so many times with her partner. However, when Yudy began crawling under the rear bumper, Officer Feeley knew that Yudy’s interest was beyond the ordinary. After Yudy got close enough to the odor that attracted her, she backed out from underneath the vehicle and signaled to her human partner that she had found something worth investigating further.

Officer Feeley then crawled under the car and began searching where Yudy had put her nose. Once underneath, she could then see a hidden key holder attached to the frame of the car by a magnet. Within the holder were about 50 balloons of Heroin; narcotics that at this point were no longer going to end up on the streets of Glendale.

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K9 Quwai Gives a Neighborhood a Sigh of Relief

Posted by: Sgt. Spencer
August 10, 2011

In mid June a neighborhood in west Glendale suffered a series of terrifying “hot prowl” burglaries. Residents, seemingly safe inside their homes, were startled to find a man in their private space. We can only imagine what they felt when someone leapt out of the shadows or was there when they awoke. Detectives redoubled their efforts in the search for a suspect after the West Area Commander and the Burglary unit realized that the alarming trend had no hint of stopping. Thankfully good luck, a quick response by the K9 Unit, and a massive commitment of resources by the Police Department’s Field Services Division brought some sense of relief to this quiet section of Glendale.

The apprehension began when one startled female awoke to find a man standing above her bed. As the male ran from the home the resident and neighbors, (alerted by screaming) summoned police for help. Officers working in the West Area Command recognized the circumstances as matching those from the other burglaries affecting the neighborhood. The Patrol teams committed nearly all the on duty field personnel towards sealing off the neighborhood to prevent the escape of the suspect. K9 Quwai and K9 Yudy, as well as their respective human partners, were then called to the scene to start a search. Working building to building, Quwai and Yudy searched diligently in hopes of detecting some faint trace of the suspect. Then, in a flash of excitement, the suspect was found inside a trash bin holding area. With K9 Quwai and his partner Officer Hamilton on scene the suspect knew instantly there would be no escape. Quwai was thanked for his hard work by Officer Hamilton as other Officers, as well as the neighborhood, let out a collective sigh of relief.

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Real Life is Always More Exciting

Posted by: Sgt. Spencer
July 21, 2011

Picture a scene where a man is driving a stolen car, being chased by police. The car comes to a sudden stop, and the driver runs out at a sprint, into a gas station, disappearing from the officers chasing him. Although this may sound like a scene out of a Hollywood movie, it’s actually another night of police work for our K9 Yudy. She was called to the scene with her partner, Ofc. Feeley, to try and locate the individual. Several officers joined Yudy and Ofc. Feeley in the search inside the building. Yudy led the way, as her nose told her which way to go. She weaved her way around the building until she found a large storage room. Yudy became very excited in the room, and her partner knew they were close to the bad guy. Yudy stood up on her hind legs, sniffed the air, and began barking. Officer Feeley knew then the suspect was hiding somewhere high, and very close. The officers carefully checked the room, but did not locate anyone. Yudy was adamant the suspect was there, and continued barking. Following Yudy’s lead, officers noticed an attic access area right above where Yudy was barking. Officers climbed inside the attic, and quickly located the suspect hiding inside. The suspect was removed from the attic, and taken into custody without any problem. Yudy made sure to stand by and keep an eye on the bad guy, just in case he thought of running again!

K-9 Sam Clears Safe Path for Royal Couple

Posted by: Sgt. Spencer
July 20, 2011

On July 9th, 2011, K-9 Sam and his handler, Officer Sholtis, assisted the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department during a visit from the royal couple. Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, visited the Santa Barbara Polo Club where he competed in a charity polo match. K-9 Sam, along with four other explosive detection dogs from police, sheriff, and military agencies who were called to provide aid to Santa Barbara County, worked together to sweep the vast grounds prior to their arrival. Although Sam did not get a belly rub from the Duchess of Cambridge, he felt honored to help keep the royal couple safe during their visit.

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Agencies Come Together

Posted by: Sgt. Spencer
June 1, 2011

Los Angeles County has about 25,000 city and county police officers, and only about 100 police patrol canines to assist them. With that math it’s obvious that agencies will have to rely on each other in times of crisis to bring their canines together to serve the community. Two such occasions happened in May as the City both received and provided mutual aid resources.

After a threat, a local event organizer became concerned that the site they had chosen in Glendale might need some extra security. The Department evaluated the situation and agreed; and elected to send Officer Sholtis and Sam, our explosives detection canine. Because of the size of the site we summoned mutual aid resources to sweep the facility. We continue to be very thankful that our partners in other departments are more than willing to send help; and make certain we can do what’s necessary to provide for the safety of our community.

As can be expected, this relationship also means that we are occasionally called away to help our partners. In this case it was only a few days before Officer Sholtis and Sam received a late night call to help a city to our south whose officers were searching for a missing person who had critical medical needs. Sholtis was quick to employ Sam’s ability to track human scent and followed a trail over several blocks. The information gleaned from the track was provided to Detectives and their investigation is ongoing.

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Local business holds fundraiser to help K9’s!

Posted by: Sgt. Spencer
June 1, 2011

Jewel City Bowl, an entertainment venue in downtown Glendale, has decided to help the Glendale K9 Unit with a fundraiser which started May 18th. The fundraiser runs every Wednesday night and is slated to go on for six weeks. For any of those who would like this opportunity to donate to the K9 program, click here to download the flyer.

Narcotics and K9 Units Fight Back Against Scourge of Heroin

Posted by: Sgt. Spencer
May 31, 2011

The Chief was quoted recently discussing the severe problem that the rate of heroin use is having on neighborhoods in Glendale. Since this trend became apparent to members of the Department, and it’s local Area Commanders, our Narcotics Unit has begun a robust response to Heroin dealers and traffickers who target the community for drug sales. In turn, these investigations prompt the response for a K9 Unit to assist Narcotics Detectives in searching for drugs.

Officer Hamilton and K9 Quwai got one such call for help on May 18th when he was summoned to support our Narcotics Detectives on an investigation that had taken them to Hollywood. Once set to task, and with a quick sniff near the dash, Quwai indicated to Officer Hamilton where he should search further. A quick pull here and there revealed just what the Detectives expected to find, dozens of balloons filled with Heroin that at that moment were intercepted before they could arrive on the streets of Glendale.

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Quwai Loves a Crowd

Posted by: Sgt. Spencer
May 31, 2011

With the workload most canine handlers operate under, they are only infrequently able to rest and have casual opportunities to meet with members of the community and talk about their work and the great abilities of their canine partners. A few such occasions came for Officer Hamilton and his partner Quwai in early May.

We’d like to extend our thanks to the Foothill Autism Alliance, the Glenoaks Homeowners Association, and the Church of the Foothills for their wonderful company and for taking an interest in the workings of our team.

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K9 Quwai turns down the volume on local bad guy

Posted by: Sgt. Spencer
April 29, 2011

A few days ago our Special Enforcement Detail made a traffic stop in the area of Western and Victory. Based upon their years of training and experience they decided to initiate a narcotics investigation. To help their investigation along they called K-9 Quwai to the scene in the hope he could sniff out narcotics in the suspect's car. After a few minutes of checking things out, K-9 Quwai gave his handler an indication that there were narcotics concealed in the dashboard area of the vehicle. A better inspection of the dash revealed that this bad guy likes his music to have a lot more kick than the rest of us. Thanks to the teamwork between the Special Enforcement Detail and the K9 Unit this narcotics dealer was taken into custody before he had a chance to pedal this dope in our neighborhoods.

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Landscaping with Office Supplies?

Posted by: Sgt. Spencer
April 19, 2011

On March 6th an officer on routine patrol initiated a traffic stop near Allen and Kenneth. Based upon the officer’s training, experience and observations two people were detained for a narcotics investigation. Officer Hamilton and K-9 "Quwai" responded to assist the officer. The officer informed Hamilton that he was involved in a narcotics investigation and that he believed the offenders had thrown evidence into the landscape adjacent to the street. After a brief search the officer had been unable to locate the evidence.

K-9 "Quwai" was deployed and happy to assist. K-9 Quwai quickly located what the officers were looking for! A paper clip with a black tar like substance (Heroin) was found lying on a small palm tree branch adjacent to the suspects' car. It was thrown from the vehicle as the officer first arrived in the area. The offenders had obviously been planning to smoke Heroin and then drive in the neighborhood intoxicated.

K-9 Quwai also conducted a sniff inside the suspects' car and directed Officer Hamilton’s attention to a half full soda can. Officers poured out the remaining soda in the can and discovered that inside there was an additional paper clip and a small useable amount of Heroin. These two narcotic offenders may have eluded police if it were not for the highly trained K-9 response. K-9 Quwai was rewarded with his favorite toy and a quick game of tug of war. Good job Quwai!

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K-9 Sam Seeks Out Suspect's Dirty Laundry

Posted by: Sgt. Spencer
April 19, 2011

In the early morning hours of Sunday, April 10th, 2011, a Glendale police officer contacted a suspicious male near the Ralphs market at Colorado and Verdugo. The male ran from the officer and assisting officers quickly set up a perimeter to keep the suspect in the area. The male was identified as a parolee-at-large (a type of fugitive) who was wanted for a parole violation. Since this potentially dangerous suspect was hiding from officers within a residential area, it was important that he be located and captured in order to keep the citizens living in that community safe.

K-9 Sam and K-9 Yudy, with their respective partners, Ofc. Sholtis and Ofc. Feeley, were called to conduct a lengthy search for the male. Three hours after the search began and three blocks from where the suspect was last seen running, K-9 Sam alerted to a door on the ground level of an apartment complex on Lincoln, just south of Colorado. K-9 Sam sat and barked convincingly at the door, letting Ofc. Sholtis and the rest of the search team know that the bad guy was on the other side of the door. It appeared to be a laundry room for the residents of the apartment complex. Taking no chances with a potentially armed suspect, the search team decided to call the suspect out of the room instead of going in after him. Ofc. Sholtis called Sam back to his side. Then the team called the suspect out of the laundry room. The door immediately opened and two hands popped out from the doorway, showing that he was not holding a weapon. The suspect complied with the officers' commands as Sam barked excitedly. Sam's command presence took any thought of running out of the suspect's mind. He was then safely and peacefully taken into custody. Thanks to Sam's keen sense of smell, another bad guy is taken off the streets and the City of Glendale is a safer place.

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I Wouldn't Recommend That!

Posted by: Sgt. Spencer
April 13, 2011

Canine officers see a variety of inventive hiding places that bad guys use to keep the police from hiding evidence. But this really has to take the cake.

Our Special Enforcement Detail personnel have routinely been visiting with local parolees in an attempt to make sure they are aware that Glendale is a city that won't tolerate people returning to a life of crime. Disappointingly, during one such contact on March 15th they found that a group of men, including a parolee, had likely been dealing drugs from an apartment. A search revealed some of the drugs, and they called for the K9 Unit to assist them in making sure all the evidence was recovered.

Sergeant Spencer, Officer Hamilton, and Officer Feeley responded to west end apartment complex to help out. A search by K9 Yudy first cleared the apartment, revealing some evidence. The recovery of a loaded and blood tainted syringe was a quick reminder of the hidden dangers of these types of searches. Officer Hamilton then used K9 Quwai to search a vehicle nearby. Inside the truck was a bag of dog treats. Officer Hamilton first worried that K9 Quwai's interest in the treats meant he was hungry. However on looking closer Hamilton realized that our foolish suspects had decided to hide their drugs in the bag. Now we understand that bad guys will hide evidence, but when the K9 Unit is on scene I surely wouldn't recommend that!

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K9 Yudy's Nose Knows

Posted by: Sgt. Spencer
April 13, 2011

In mid March Officer Feeley and K9 Yudy were called to help in searching a vehicle. Officers will frequently call for a K9 when they suspect evidence might be hidden but they aren't able to locate it. In this incident Officer Feeley quickly became aware that something was afoot when K9 Yudy indicated to her she should spend extra time searching the flooring of the vehicle. With a little pulling and probing, Officer Feeley found what had peeked Yudy's interest. Hidden within a compartment was about 10 pounds of Methamphetamine. Clearly Yudy's nose knew before everyone else that one drug trafficker was going to have a very unlucky day.

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K9 Yudy Sniffs Him Out

Posted by: Sgt. Spencer
February 25, 2011

In the morning hours of February 16th the K9 Unit received an emergency call from an allied federal law enforcement agency with a request for help. While our two agencies were executing a series of arrests in the San Fernando Valley a suspect fled from a group of their agents. Officer Feeley and her K9 Yudy, Officer Wynkoop and his K9 Marlin, as well as Sergeant Spencer all responded to help in the search. Just how serious the situation was became readily apparent when officers got on scene. A male with a history of arrests was named in a sweeping indictment alleging federal offenses. The male observed federal agents arriving to arrest him and fled on foot. The male was believed to be hiding within an apartment building; but agents didn't know exactly where.

Officer Feeley and K9 Yudy began an immediate search for the suspect. Yudy, known for her ability to locate hiding suspects, took Officer Feeley to the rear entrance of a neighboring apartment. Officer Feeley's partner, Officer Wynkoop, used K9 Marlin to search other areas of concern and clear them of any suspicion. Our federal partners were informed of the canine's work and used the information, in addition to other pieces of intelligence they had obtained, to seek a search warrant to enter the apartment which had peeked Yudy's interest.

With the warrant obtained Agent's and Officer Feeley followed Yudy as the team entered in an attempt to search for the fugitive. Room to room, and floor to floor they searched. Commands to surrender echoed in the building. Then, in a flash of excitement Agent's and the canine team alerted to a suspect trying to hide in a bedroom. Officer Feeley and her K9 Yudy immediately acted to safely take the suspect into custody. That will probably be the last time this fugitive tries to play hide and seek with the Glendale PD K9 Unit.

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Do you think they'll find it?

Posted by: Sgt. Spencer
February 21, 2011

At about 4:00am on February 1st, K9 Unit Officers Feeley and Wynkoop as well as Sergeant Spencer travelled to South Los Angeles to assist the Department's SWAT team with a search warrant. As officers came together to talk about the location that would be searched you could sense the excitement in K9 Yudy and K9 Marlin. The briefing informed us that our partners in neighboring law enforcement agencies, as well as the federal government, were seeking assistance with securing a location that was believed to contain gang members who were trafficking in narcotics. Thankfully, a search for bad guys and drugs was right up the alley for the two K9's we had on scene.

After SWAT and K9 Marlin secured the location, it was time to find the evidence we knew would be inside. With just a brief search of one vehicle, Ofc. Wynkoop could tell from K9 Marlin that something needed further looking into. When a colleague gave a quick tug on an otherwise normal looking dashboard, it became apparent what Marlin was seeking. Hidden inside a secret compartment were four kilos of cocaine and two of methamphetamine. In the attached photos you can see the proud look on K9 Marlin's face as well as his find.

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K-9 Sam Finds the Bad Guy

Posted by: Officer Shawn Sholtis
February 20, 2011

In the early morning hours of Sunday, January 16th, 2011, officers responded to a neighborhood in La Crescenta regarding two suspicious males. As officers made contact with the males, both ran and eluded the officers. The officers investigated and found that the males had likely been stealing from automobiles parked in the area. Police personnel who work this area are well aware of recent waves of property crimes occurring in otherwise quiet neighborhoods. Officers decided quickly to surround the neighborhood and launch a search for the males. They next called for the help of two of the Department's K9's, Sam and Marlin.

Approximately an hour and a half into the search, one suspect heard the approaching K-9s and decided to vacate his hiding place. He ended up on the roof of a business on Honolulu, where he was spotted by officers stationed nearby. He was safely taken into custody. The search for the second male resumed and lasted several more hours. Just as the officers were about the give up the search a crackle came over the police radio. One of the officers who had assisted in blocking an exit route from the neighborhood was involved in a foot chase with the second bad guy.

Ofc. Wynkoop and K-9 Marlin first attempted to assist in the chase by blocking the suspect from running onto the freeway embankment and into another neighborhood. Ofc. Sholtis and K-9 Sam, who were down the hill, heard over the radio that the suspect was now running through backyards. Ofc. Sholtis then watched as the male rode a bicycle he had just stolen down a long driveway. Even after all those hours he was clearly set on still trying to get away from officers. Another officer tried to stop the male. But, the male was able to get off the bike and push the officer to the ground. After witnessing the male assault the officer, Ofc. Sholtis decided to utilize K-9 Sam to apprehend the suspect. Even though the downed officer was directly between the suspect and K-9 Sam, Ofc. Sholtis deployed his partner, trusting their years of experience and training. K-9 Sam differentiated between good guy and bad guy, running directly past the officer to chase down the male. K-9 Sam closed with the male and held him until officers could safely take him into custody. Thanks to K-9 Sam, the five and a half hour search for these two men finally came to an end. Both suspects were taken to jail and merchandise from several thefts was recovered and returned to their owners.

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It's All Business for Sam in 2011

Posted by: Officer Shawn Sholtis
February 15, 2011

There was no time for K-9 Sam to celebrate the New Year. For the second year in a row, Sam was called to assist multiple local, state, and federal agencies in Pasadena for three days leading up to and including New Years Day. In order to help keep the thousands of citizens who flock to Pasadena during the annual Rose Parade and Rose Bowl football game, K-9 Sam put his nose to work and conducted several hours of protective sweeps along the parade route and the Rose Bowl stadium. Sam, who is Glendale Police Department's only cross-trained explosive detection K-9, has been called upon by Rose Bowl staff throughout the past two years to also conduct protective sweeps prior to all UCLA football games, international soccer games, large concerts, and the Fourth of July celebration. Sam is happy to stay behind the scenes while tourists from all over the world safely visit the historic stadium and annual Rose Parade.

On January 27th, US Capitol police from Washington DC requested Ofc. Sholtis and K-9 Sam to help conduct protective sweeps at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. The Heritage Foundation was hosting a retreat for seventy-five congressmen. Sam, along with two other explosive detection K-9s from Southern California swept the grounds prior to their arrival, including the museum, theater, and Air Force One pavilion. This was not Sam's first visit to the library. In the past, Sam has been called to assist US Secret Service to sweep the grounds prior to visits from former First Lady Nancy Reagan

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It's the other stuff

Posted by: Sgt. Spencer
February 15, 2011

Police officers will tell you that our struggle with the nation's drug epidemic isn't just about users and the black market for drug sales. It's also about thefts, weapons, lost lives, and bad homes. On January 26th, 2011, all that came together for three officers from the K9 Unit who were called to assist a neighboring agency with a recent crime wave.

In the hills above Pasadena sits a small unincorporated community which has struggled lately with a rash of burglaries. Like Glendale, this community was straining under the weight of a recent influx of parolees unleashed by the state's prison system. Ofc. Feeley and her K9 Yudy, Ofc. Hamilton and his K9 Quwai, as well as the team's new member Sergeant Spencer, all met with neighboring police agencies to provide a morning area wake up call for the area's parolee population.

K9 Quwai was the first to sense something was wrong as the team visited the home of one parolee. When the parolee's grandfather told officers the parolee wasn't home, he couldn't't conceal the odor of marijuana coming from the back bedroom. “That's nothing to worry about” said the parolee's grandfather, “I had just been smoking in there while my granddaughter took a nap.” A quick check of the room left us all surprised to find that smoking with his four year old granddaughter wasn't the man's biggest mistake. It was leaving her with a loaded handgun. Nevertheless, no story about smoking would be enough to fool K9 Quwai and his handler, Ofc. Hamilton.

A search of the next bedroom left Quwai digging under the bed. With a puzzled look Ofc. Hamilton lifted the bed to find what Quwai was looking for. Only then did the more than half pound bag of marijuana show itself. This recovery, as well as the discovery of other tools for drug sales, revealed that this grandfather apparently wasn't paying his bills with babysitting.

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