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K9 Branko and K9 Yudy Help "Take A Bite Out Of Crime"
April 27, 2012
Glendale officers had recently been on the lookout for individuals breaking into people's homes in the middle of the day, ransacking the location, and stealing what they could, until one day...
Officers patrolling the heavy hit areas noticed several males run out of a house carrying something, get into a car, and speed away. When the officers tried to pull the car over the driver refused to stop. A small pursuit began, ultimately ending with the driver of the suspect vehicle turning down a dead end road. The suspect vehicle came to a stop, and all four bad guys got out running away from the officers. The officers were able to quickly surround the neighborhood, and call for the K-9s to help sniff out where the bad guys might be hiding.
That's where K9 Yudy and K9 Branko come in! A small neighborhood was placed on "lock-down", and K9 Yudy and K9 Branko were more than ready to begin their extensive search for the bad guys. Branko, and his partner, Ofc. Rolando took one street, K9 Yudy and her partner, Ofc. Feeley took another street, and off they went. Soon after the search started, K9 Branko indicated he smelled bad guys in a garage. Ofc. Rolando and several other officers began searching the garage (which was not an easy task since the garage was used for storage, and filled with boxes). Branko kept insisting the bad guys were in the garage. Thanks to Branko, the officers were able to find three of the four bad guys hiding in between numerous boxes in the garage. The bad guys saw Branko, and realized the game was over. They decided to quickly give-up. Three down, one to go.
K9 Yudy was also hot on the bad guy's tracks. She came to a garage, and began indicating there was a bad guy inside the garage. Ofc. Feeley was a bit surprised, because the garage was stacked full of storage boxes and other items, and wasn't sure how a person could be hiding in there. Yudy kept insisting someone was inside the garage. Ofc. Feeley and several other officers began to move boxes out of the garage, with Yudy watching every move. The closer the officers got to the back of the garage, the more excited Yudy got, as if to say, "keep going guys, you almost have him." Suddenly, Yudy jumped in front of the officers, and began barking at a small opening between all the boxes in the corner of the garage. Ofc. Feeley took a closer look, and couldn't believe her eyes! She saw a portion of a hand (which she realized was connected to the bad guy) just beyond the boxes. Ofc. Feeley began yelling for the person to come out, but instead the person began retreating back, as if to hide, or try and get away!! Ofc. Feeley sent Yudy into the small opening and K9 Yudy helped get the bad guy out. Thanks to K9 Branko and K9 Yudy, all the bad guys were safely located!
Impact Show: K-9 Cops
March 28, 2012
For law enforcement, sniffing out crime is a much easier task with the help of four-legged friends. We followed four working police dogs as they showed off their skills for finding hidden drugs, detecting explosives and detaining suspects.
Producer / Camera / Editor - Alaena Hostetter
About Impact: Impact is an award-winning television news magazine produced by journalism students at the USC Annenberg School for Communication.
New K-9 Recruits Ready to Hit the Streets
March 16, 2012
Following last year’s retirement of two Glendale K-9s, Sam and Marlin, the Glendale Police K-9 Unit is back to full strength with the addition of two new teams. Officer Alex Rolando, an eight year veteran of the force, was chosen as Glendale’s newest K-9 handler. His partner, Branko, is a two-year old male German Shepherd from Germany. Officer Shawn Sholtis, who was the handler for K-9 Sam for six years, joined Rolando for a five week K-9 Patrol School in Ventura, CA. Sholtis’ new partner is a three-year old female German Shepherd named Isy. Both K-9 teams successfully completed the basic K-9 school on February 17th, 2012. The school included obedience, protection work, tracking, building and area searches for hidden suspects, and evidence searches. Also graduating from that class were four other K-9 teams from other agencies in California.
Both of Glendale’s newest K-9 teams will return for additional training in approximately six months. The future training will be for scent detection work - narcotics for Branko and explosives for Isy. Officer Alex Rolando will also receive additional training in K-9 support for Search and Rescue. The new K-9s, together with their senior colleagues, K-9 Yudy and K-9 Quwai, are on the streets and actively protecting the Glendale community.