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 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.