A look inside the TEXAS DPS K-9 training program

Austin, Texas – the The Ministry of Public Safety in Texas (DPS) expands its K-9 training program, and has published high training dogs to help intercept drugs, explosive detection, and follow missions throughout the state.

Lydn Poid Lamb, an old veterans for 19 years of DPS and a 12-year-old K-9 program, has a tour of the Florence Training Establishment, Texas that transfers unacceptable dogs into specialized assets for law enforcement.

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“We take a dog from a green dog who knows nothing at all and turns this dog into a work machine,” said Lamb Lamb. “Whether it needs to be discovered drugs, explosive detection or a tracking dog, we start here with the basics and then send them via Texas.”

The program is proud to be exposed to real life scenarios, including controlled chaos such as the deployment of the helicopter.

“Any kind of exposure that we can give to it is very important,” Lamb Lamb said. “We want to make sure that once they leave from there … whether it is the task of explosive discovery or a drug compensation process … they can perform without closing.”

DPS currently runs 74 K-9 teams at the state level, including 51 drug detection teams, nine teams to discover explosives, and about 13 teams followed. Many of these groups are published as part of the Lone Star operation, a government initiative to stop the smuggling of drugs and unauthorized border crossings. TrackingSpecifically, it plays a major role on the border, which helps in the fear of people trying to escape the law.

The K-9 Handler Landon Ravun is concentrated at Del Rio and is well ready for any scenario. Body camera footage shows that his training was well used during the last summer mission when tracking Ravun and K-9, BONA, wanted to kill.

“It is a very important job that we do. Go behind and watch the amazing capabilities and things you can do incredible,” said Ravon.

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the Training program for treatments Their dogs are intense, as each husband passes nine weeks of the joint instructions after the dog completes the pre -training stage that lasts between six and 15 weeks.

Lamb Lamb emphasized the importance of the relationship of the treating dog, noting that “these dogs become part of the processor’s family. When I graduated with my dog ​​in 2014, I became part of my life. Like a family member’s loss. “

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In addition to applying borders and detecting drugs, DPS K-9 also played an important role in search and rescue tasks. Help our tracking dogs located a 38 -year -old special needs toured at Park Los Napoli. He was missing for four to six hours, was heavily dried, and he needed immediate help.

“We have found him the K-9 team and returned it to his family,” Lamb Lamb recalls. “That moment alone made the entire program worth it.”

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Through continuous expansion efforts, DPS aims to increase the integration of K-9 units into operations throughout Texas, ensuring that the application of the law has high training dogs ready for any task.