Inside the Law: The Warner Robins PD K-9 Unit
NewsCentral Staff
Story Created:
Sep 19, 2011 at 11:48 PM EDT
Story Updated:
Sep 19, 2011 at 11:52 PM EDT
Meet Ollie, a 3-year-old German Shepard who has helped the Warner Robins Police Department locate 3 missing people, make 47 arrests, and retrieve more than 2,700 grams of marijuana in 2010.
“Inside their nose they have hundreds of thousands of olfactory cells which they use for smell. Because of the length of their nose makes their detection work incredible,” says Officer Greg Martin.
It’s those long noses that helped the police department in 29 narcotic searches last year which Ollie is training for right now.
Officer Martin names the 4 major narcotics as “marijuana, meth, cocaine, and heroine.”
Once the dog is familiar with those 4 narcotics, Martin hides the drugs, and Ollie is ready to search. He doesn’t stop sniffing until he finds them all.
“It’s so much quicker to clear a building with a dog then to take 3 or 54 guys in a building. The dogs have proven themselves as an invaluable asset," says Martin.
He admits it’s hard not to develop a special connection with his personal K-9.
He says “the bond that I have with my dog, words can’t describe. I know that if I get into a bad situation that I all I have to do is push a button on my belt, the door will pop open, and he’ll come out and help me.”
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