LAW ENFORCEMENT
objects, visual impairment or the potential
for an explosion.
The training exercises were designed
to equip handlers with the skills necessary
to provide immediate emergency
treatment to their animals with veterinary
type interventions, while addressing
major traumatic injuries or lifethreatening
conditions that are common
to law enforcement K-9s such as heat
exhaustion, bloat and poisoning.
In many jurisdictions, the intentional
injury to or killing of a police dog is
a felony. These highly trained K-9s
dutifully protect the public and, just
like their human counterparts, need
protective gear while on duty. State-ofthe
art items manufactured for police
dogs range from ballistic and stab-proof
vests to oxygen masks that prevent
smoke inhalation, cooling vests to
protect from summer heat and first-aid
field trauma kits that contain necessary
supplies to treat a dog for injuries
ranging from snake bites to knife and
gunshot wounds.
Some law enforcement agencies classify
K-9s as equipment or city property,
but to their handlers, they are family. At
the end of the day, they go home and
behave just like any other dog. E
The new training center offers Fazio and Blek every conceivable scenario from jumping through
windows to sniffing out bombs and narcotics.
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