Canines specially trained to find human decomposition scent and alert their handlers to its...

A police dog is a dog that is trained specifically to assist police and similar law-enforcement personnel with their work. They can also be known as a K9 unit (a homophone for canine), this is especially prevalent in the United States. The term is...

PRINCE GEORGE'S County Police Chief John S. Farrell should hire a seeing eye dog. He says he is unaware of any problems with county police dogs attacking officers -- even though public records and documents show that since 1990 canine squad dogs have attacked...

Police to get rookie dog By KELLY WELLS kwells@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel Sunday, July 20, 2003 Burlington -- The Burlington Police Department will welcome a new four-legged member this fall, thanks to thousands of dollars worth of monetary, service and product donations....

A prosecutor dropped charges against a woman who was arrested for staring at and making faces at a police dog. After all, the prosecutor reasoned, the four-legged witness can't testify.Jayna Hutchinson was about to go on trial this week on charges of cruelty to a...

A prosecutor has dropped charges against a woman who was arrested for staring at and making faces at a police dog. "Prosecuting a woman for 'staring' at a police dog is absurd," said her lawyer. "People are allowed to make faces at police dogs and...

about K9 units in the police force, different kinds, and what they do.