K9 Unit
Officer Robertson
Officer Gwiazdor
In 2023 the newly reformed DeSoto Police Canine Unit celebrated its first complete year of service and renewed its NNDDA and DLE certification. The unit can perform various tasks such as area searches, tracking, building searches, evidence searches, and SWAT operations “ The National Narcotic Detector Dog Association (NNDDA) is a professional, nonprofit organization dedicated to the utilization and proficiency of police service, utility, or scent detection dogs for the benefit of Law Enforcement. ” (https://nndda.org/). In 2023, Gwiazdor and Officer Robertson completed 306 hours of training, 1829 calls for service, 185 canine deployments, made 83 arrests, and completed 39 offense reports. As a result of those 185 deployments, the canine unit made 36 seizures, located 16 people and only used force (Canine Bite) once. Statistically, Thursdays are the Unit's most active days, and canine deployment stayed relatively steady throughout the entire year, only seeing a slight decline during the summer months.
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