CANINE SECTION BEING NOSEY IS THIER JOB In February, the Canine Section
experienced its first line of duty death
in over 40 years. K9 Doby was tracking a
3,422
Dispatched Calls for Service
robbery suspect in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County when he collapsed after suffering a heart attack.
The FCPD has the only Canine Section in Northern Virginia that has a dog team
available 24/7. Making up this section are
the officer handlers of 15 patrol/narcotics trained dogs and three bloodhounds, that track critically missing persons.
These four-legged partners assisted our
Department with 429 patrol deployments, and completed 227 narcotics sniffs. 31 FAIRFAX COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT 2019 ANNUAL REPORT
25
Calls for Bloodhound Assistance
