LIHUE — The Kauai Police Department’s newest member to its team has four legs, a lot of hair, and a smile you can’t resist. More importantly, he could one day save your life.
LIHUE — The Kauai Police Department’s newest member to its team has four legs, a lot of hair, and a smile you can’t resist. More importantly, he could one day save your life.
In December, KPD welcomed a black Labrador retriever named “King” as its new scent-tracking canine.
“We are very excited to have King join our department because having a scent-tracking canine readily available will greatly assist our officers in conducting search operations,” said Kauai Police Deputy Chief Michael Contrades. “In the past, we’ve had to rely on other agencies, sometimes from off-island, for very difficult tracking cases of missing persons.”
King will be used for cases involving missing persons, child abductions, and wanted fugitive apprehension.
He is going through a quarantine process at the Kauai Humane Society, and has been progressing very quickly during his training sessions. KPD anticipates King to be ready and available by the end of April.
King was donated to KPD by the Friends of the Missing Child Center — Hawaii, a no-profit based in Honolulu. Additionally, the nonprofit donated another $3,000 to KPD for training and other expenses related to King and his handler. Their donation totals about $8,000.
“King will be very beneficial to our operations, and we thank the Friends of the Missing Child Center – Hawaii for their generosity.”
KPD was previously the only police department in Hawaii to not have a scent-tracking canine for missing persons.
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Rolled my eyes at the headline, but clicked on the article and was surprised and happy to see this gorgeous boy!!
Probably a better officer than some we already have…
Maybe now you can actually catch and bust the 100’s of meth heads by finding their stash.
O wait as always !they will end up using to bust weed which is legal in half country.
Pls someone take advantage of these miracle mans best friends and catch the real bad guys and not terrorize innocent people seeking medicine which some spolied millionares son is profiting in their monopoly of dispensary .
H.R. 1227 !!!!! Read it, share it and hrlp make it happen and stop the waste of tax dollars spent destroying innocent lives.