Featured Department: San Pablo Police Department

ISSUE 51 AUG/SEP 2018

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K9COP CONFERENCE & VENDOR SHOW

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Featured Unit: San Pablo Police Department

Scent Detection: Training for Buried and Concealed Explosive Odors

Training: Training Metal Pipe Dogs

FEATURED DEPARTMENT:

SAN PABLO POLICE K-9 UNIT

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San Pablo Police Department is committed to safeguarding our community through Community Policing, Progressive Training, and Technology.

MOTTO: Dedicated to providing Exceptional Police Services San Pablo is a small city in the San Francisco Bay area of California. Although small, the city of San Pablo has a large reputation. The city encompasses 2.6 square miles, is nearly surrounded on all sides by the city of Richmond, and has Interstate 80 running through it. San Pablo has approximately 30,000 residents with over 8,700 households. In 2017, the San Pablo Police Department responded to over 32,000 calls for service which equals to over 90 calls for service in a day!

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The San Pablo Police Department’s K-9 Unit began in 1984 with one K-9.

It has since evolved into four K-9 teams as of today. We have utilized German Shepherds, Belgian Malinois, Shepenois, and even a Rottweiler with our department! We have recently been approved to bring on a FIFTH K-9! We only have 53 sworn officers right now, so five K-9s would be a HUGE accomplishment for us being that we started with one K-9.

Our four active K-9s are:

OFFICER BRETT BENNETT & K-9 TIK Officer Bennett has been with San

Pablo PD since 2007. Officer Bennett was assigned to the K-9 Unit in 2014 and has been patrolling the streets with Tik ever since. Tik is a Belgian Malinois, born in the Czech Republic and is 5 years old. Tik understands his commands in Dutch and English, is dual purpose and trained to locate persons/ articles, tracking and trailing, and various narcotics. On Tik’s off time, he enjoys spending his time roaming his large property, hanging out with Officer Bennett, and wishing he was at work!

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OFFICER ROBERT “BOBBY” CHALK & K-9 ROCKY Officer Chalk has been with San

Pablo PD since 2013 and came to us from El Cerrito PD. Officer Chalk was assigned to the K-9 Unit in 2015 and has been patrolling the streets with Rocky ever since.

Rocky is a Malinois & Shepherd mix (Shepenois), born in Mexico, and is 4 1/2 years old. Rocky understands his commands in Chinese and English, is dual purpose and trained to locate persons/articles, tracking and trailing, and various narcotics. Rocky enjoys his time off going on jogs with Officer Chalk, eating grass, and hanging out with his Cane Corso “sister,” Cali.

SAN PABLO POLICE K-9 UNIT FY 17-18 TOTALS

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OFFICER AMARDEEP “AD” KULLAR & K-9 SULTAN Officer Kullar

has been with the San Pablo PD since 2015 and was assigned to the K-9 Unit in Feb. 2018. Sultan is a Belgian Malinois, born in central Europe, and is 3 years old. Sultan understands his commands in Czech and is trained to locate persons/articles and tracking and trailing. He is attending narcotics school in the near future. Sultan enjoys his time off by playing around in his backyard, watching TV with his “Dad,” begging for Cheetos, and spinning in circles.

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OFFICER JEFF DANCKER & K-9 MOGLY Officer Dancker has been with San Pablo PD since 2009.

He was assigned to the K-9 Unit in 2016 and has been patrolling the streets with Mogly ever since. Mogly is a Malinois & Shepherd mix (Shepenois), born in Mexico, and is 3 1/2 years old. Mogly understands his commands in German, Dutch, Spanish and English, is dual purpose and trained to locate persons/articles, tracking and trailing, and various narcotics. Officer Dancker and K-9 Mogly are also assigned to San Pablo PD’s SWAT Team. Mogly enjoys his off time playing at the park, hanging out with his human family, and indulging in fresh fruit, his favorite snack.

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Retired K-9 Officers: We currently have three retired K-9s

enjoying their retirements: K-9 Tango & Sergeant Robert Richer, K-9 Ivan & Detective Danielle Bowler, and K-9 Shadow & former Officer Greg Niemi.

Sergeant Richer & K-9 Tango YEARS SERVED: 2007 - 2014

Detective Danielle Bowler & K-9 Ivan YEARS SERVED: 2006 - 2015

Former Officer Greg Niemi & K-9 Shadow YEARS SERVED: 2012 - 2017

SERGEANT ROBERT RICHER & K-9 TANGO K-9 Tango lives with Sergeant Richer now and is enjoying retirement by going on hikes, going to the beach, and chasing his ball.

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DETECTIVE DANIELLE BOWLER & K-9 IVAN

K-9 Ivan lives with Detective Bowler now and is enjoying retirement by playing with his siblings, roaming his farm, and relaxing.

TRAINING

The San Pablo Police K-9 Unit trains every other week and usually with 2-3 other local agencies.

We strive to expose our K-9s and handlers in every environment imaginable, in order to be prepared for anything! Our K-9 Unit is assigned to the Patrol Division and helps out on calls for service, K-9 calls for service, public demonstrations, school appearances, outside agency assists, and much, much more.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

The city of San Pablo and the San Pablo Police Department are highly supportive of the K-9 Unit.

They have provided newer Ford Explorers outfitted for a K-9, allow us to train on a biweekly basis, and are supportive with other training needs that may arise. However, in order to help garner more support for our K-9 unit, we have very recently created a San Pablo Police K-9 Association. This association was created for three main reasons: to educate Officers and the Public with regards to the role of K-9s, help pay for additional training for our K-9s, and help pay for medical bills for our retired K-9s.

SOCIAL MEDIA Please follow us on Instagram! @sanpablopolicek9association @sanpablopd_insta

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