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K9 Unit Plays Crucial Role for Law Enforcement Statewide
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It's a little known fact that the Georgia Tech Police Department serves as the state's primary trainer of K9 units, both dogs and handlers. Through a program with Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security, GTPD Officer Rob Turner is the state's lead instructor.
Because of the demand for training of these explosive-detecting dogs, GTPD has expanded its K9 corps to four and continue to play a vital role for major events on campus such as football games and Commencement. Read more about the officers, their dogs and their vital role on campus.
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GTPD now has four K9 units that not only secure special events but help train other law enformencent units throughout Georgia.
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- Workflow status: Published
- Created by: Lance Wallace
- Created: 11/09/2017
- Modified By: Lance Wallace
- Modified: 11/10/2017
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