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Los Alamitos police update K9 ‘Elvis,’ say dog helped in arrests and drug seizures
Summary
Officer Navarro told the City Council the K9 unit 'Elvis' has assisted on roughly 20 deployments since November, contributing to arrests, surrenders and narcotics recoveries including about 103 grams of fentanyl; staff said they plan expanded deployments including at the high school.
Officer Navarro updated the Los Alamitos City Council on the police department’s K9 program on Oct. 21, saying the dog known as "K9 Elvis" has been active since the unit began Nov. 23 and has supported patrol and investigative work.
Navarro, the department handler, said the program has recorded "20 calls for service or assist," with "detection deployments" and "patrol deployments" used in recent operations. "Total arrests that we've had was 11," he said, and he reported narcotics recoveries he attributed to the dog: "a little…
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