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Supervisors say county will replace K‑9 after aggressive behavior; narcotics work to continue
Summary
An agency official said the county's canine has shown safety concerns and will be removed from bite training but will continue narcotics work while a replacement is found; tracking and bike training to resume in fall with certification expected by winter.
An agency official (Agency official (S3)) told the board the county will replace a canine that has shown aggressive behavior and that the dog will be limited to narcotics work rather than bite training.
S3 said the county's K‑9 program has two components—narcotics interdiction and tracking/bike training—and that the dog "will be certified fairly quickly on the narcotics side of things, so we will remain active in that, almost with no lapse in time." The speaker added the tracking and bike training will start in the fall with certification expected by winter.
The presenter also said trainers diagnosed behavioral issues that created a safety concern, including "more aggressive" behavior toward children and instances during public demonstrations where the dog became irritated and had to be removed. The board agreed to obtain a different dog for bite work while keeping narcotics capability active.
