| The Garfield County Sheriff's Department Canine Unit is currently comprised of three-handler/dog teams. The canines utilized by the Garfield County Sheriff's Department are Belgian Malinois, and was selected due to the breeds durability and high energy level. Although not a widely recognized breed by the general public, the Belgian Malinois is popular with police departments around the world. The canine/handler teams are utilized in a support role, and provides assistance to deputies by conducting the following duties: * Building searches for hidden suspects * Field/area searches for suspects and missing persons * Trailing suspects in criminal and non-criminal situations * Narcotic detection * Crowd control * Apprehending suspects * Deterring criminal activity The canine unit has been working the streets of Garfield County since 1999, and has been very successful in carrying out their assigned duties. The current K-9 teams are Deputy Logan Niles and Arco, a six year old Belgian Malinois, who was imported from Holland in 2005. Deputy Jon Marshall and Gigi a two year old Belgian Malinois, who was imported from Germany in 2009. Deputy Darryl Beebe and Mako a four year old Belgian Malinois, who was imported from Europe. Training of the canine is critical to the continued high level of performance expected. The canines are subjected to BI-weekly in-service training sessions, which last a minimum of eight hours. All areas of performance are reinforced during the training sessions, which also maintains a high level of proficiency of the handler/dog team. The training sessions are also conducted with handler/dog teams from several surrounding police agencies. The canine unit certifies with Oklahoma Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training and nationally certifies with the National Police Canine Association. The canine teams are additionally involved in conducting demonstrations for the public and civic organizations. The dogs are a hit with children and adults alike, and open up an avenue of communication with officers. |
| K-9 Achievements May of 2009 K-9 Arco and Deputy Logan Niles competed in the NPCA Vance AFB K-9 competition. Arco received the following awards; * Best in Building Searches * Best in Area Searches * Best Overall K-9 |
| Deputy Logan Niles, Sheriff Bill Winchester and K-9 Arco showing awards they won. |
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| Ha! I found your drugs and your money. |
I found this gun and now I
want to learn to shoot it.
want to learn to shoot it.
Think your safe on top of
that car? Don't think so!
that car? Don't think so!
| Deputy Odell takes a major hit from K-9 Arco. K-9 Arco was able to take Odell off his feet as he first hit him and keep total control of him. |
| Web page and some photos by Roger Parson Enid, Ok All photos and web pages are Copyrighted by Roger Parson and the Garfield County Sheriff's Office. 2009 |
| Sheriff's Department has new K-9 team in training. Reserve Deputy Darryl Beebe is training his K-9 Mako to be the reserve K-9 Unit. |
| Deputy Jon Marshall gets new K-9 named Gigi. |
Deputy Logan Niles & Arco
Deputy Darryl Beebe & Mako
Deputy Jon Marshall & Gigi
Hey, I found the drugs !
Okay, Name of the game :
You hide the drugs and I'll
find them.
You hide the drugs and I'll
find them.
| K-9 Gigi a 18 month old Belgian Malinois was made possible by the generosity of Enidite Anne Ott and her late husband Gilbert Edward Ott. |
| Arco takes a break from training to play with his new chew toy, not anything like a old race car tire. Now if he can get it in the car he can take it home to play with all the time. But this does show how strong these dogs are if they can drag a big tire around. Wouldn't want to take the place of the tire, that could hurt! Bad guys look out and stop when your told to before K-9 gets turned loose on you. Jail and a bite makes for a bad day. |
| *Support the K9 Unit* The Garfield County Sheriff's Department K9 Unit depends greatly on public support. The purchases of Police Service Dogs (PSDs), some supplies and protective equipment would not be possible without financial support from the public. For example, K-9 Gigi recently was equipped with a bullet resistant vest due to financial support from a private citizen. The vest and vital pieces of equipment that provide essential protection of the PSDs as they provide protection to their handlers and the public. With continued financial support, GCSO hopes to expand the unit to include more K9 teams. |
