The Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit includes 8 handler and K-9 teams. There are no cross trained teams. In addition to performing drug searches, they also can provide backup to deputies, locate suspects and victims, and find evidence at or near crime scenes.

Mar 7, 2025 · The KCSO K9 teams arrested just more than 500 violent criminals but only had to use force on about 30 of them. He said there’s case law that sets the standard bite ratio, and the national ...

The K-9 Unit is comprised of deputies (handlers) partnered with highly-trained canines. These specially trained dogs are bred and chosen for their intelligence and strong sense of smell. These dogs can help when pursuing fugitives, searching for missing persons, narcotics, weapons, and explosives detection.

Every K9 team, in the unit, is skilled at tracking, whether it is for fleeing criminals, lost persons or missing children. Our most common service our K9 teams utilize is the detection of illegal and dangerous drugs. 14 of our teams are trained to seek out and locate illegal drugs.

KCSO 2021 K9 Team. Check out the highlights from the 2021 KCSO K9 team. Click the image to learn more.

King County Sheriff's Office K9's. 1,759 likes. This page was created to help folks connect with the brave dogs and handlers humbly that serve the Citizens of King County every day. We hope you enjoy!

Mar 11, 2024 · Today’s the day to tell you about a “pair” of heroes – Tyler Hitz and Neyland. Both are deputies for the Knox County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO). They work side-by-side. They work together, live together and play together. But when it’s time to flip the switch, these two are “on it” – and work begins.

Sep 30, 2022 · The King County Sheriff’s Office would like to introduce Quinn, the latest member to join the K9 unit. Quinn is a 20-month-old male Labrador Retriever and comes from a prestigious hunting dog pedigree. Before joining KCSO, Quinn had …

Sheriff Tom Spangler along with Chief Deputy Bernie Lyon would like to welcome the newest K-9’s to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office Family. Featured L-R are Deputy/Handler Halsey and his K-9 partner “KNOX”, Deputy/Handler Bothof and his K-9 partner “DOLLY” and Deputy/Handler Bowers and his K-9 partner “TRIP”.

Nov 22, 2024 · All the result of a nearly 2-minute dog bite by a Knox County Sheriff's Office K-9. On March 14, 2024, KCSO Deputy Kyle Bothof responded to a call after someone reported seeing a woman stealing...