KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — Police departments throughout the nation are wanting forward and making modifications with regards to their Ok-9 officers, all as a result of drug legal guidelines are altering.
Police departments throughout the nation are wanting forward and making modifications with regards to their Ok-9 officers, all as a result of drug legal guidelines are altering.
Many departments are deciding new canines mustn’t detect marijuana.
Von Liche Kennels in Denver, Indiana, is a coaching facility for police canines. Our crew traveled to the services to get a have a look at the coaching.
Coaching is pricey. The canines at Von Liche Kennels come from abroad and, by the point the canines are able to go, departments have already invested as much as $22,000.
We realized the canines work to play with a ball. They discover the medication, then they get to play.
“We have now methamphetamines, we have now heroin, and we have now cocaine,” stated coach Kenneth D. Licklider. However, he doesn’t have marijuana.
“It’s simply cleaner to not have it,” he stated.
Cleaner, as a result of extra states are altering their legal guidelines and marijuana is now authorized in lots of states.
“5 years in the past, there have been rumblings about it. Three years in the past, it began. Now it’s our police; we don’t put marijuana on till we all know,” stated Licklider.
Departments the place marijuana is unlawful can embrace that coaching, but it surely might get messy legally if the canine is working in a state the place the legislation is modified. The query turns into: What did the canine really detect?
“Protection attorneys are going to tear you aside by saying that [they found] cocaine,” stated Licklider. “Yeah, you discovered cocaine within the automotive however there was additionally marijuana, and that’s what your canine was hitting on and that’s authorized.”
The Kansas Metropolis Police Division is one that matches the brand new development.
Their new Ok-9, Scoop, has been in KC since august and is totally different from the opposite police canines within the division. He’s not skilled to detect marijuana.
“It’s a large funding,” stated Sgt. Invoice Brown, who oversees the KCPD’s Ok-9 program. “It is numerous dedication to it in the best way issues are altering now. So far as the marijuana legal guidelines, it is smart for us to only not imprint on marijuana.”
There shall be no excuses with Scoop on a drug case.
“Simply because there was a bunch of marijuana there, I can simply sit on the stand and say,’ I by no means imprinted that canine on marijuana,’” stated Sgt. Brown. “’I by no means skilled that canine on marijuana. However, I did practice that canine on cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin, which was discovered.”
The Clay County Sheriff’s Workplace is taking a distinct method. Its new Ok-9 was skilled to detect all 4 medication and the division says it’s paying off. Csibi, (pronounced Cheebee) not too long ago helped his associate Det. Andrew Ignatenko discover medication and money totaling $1 million.
We requested different police departments about their canines. Lenexa has three Ok-9 officers and all three are skilled on methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana.
Olathe has 5 police canines. 4 are twin skilled. One is only for medication. Division spokesman Sgt. Joel Yeldell stated they’ve one other canine in coaching and it’ll not be licensed in marijuana detection.
Overland Park Police have 5 canines. Three are dual-purpose canines, which means they’re skilled in narcotics detection (together with marijuana) and patrol features. One is a single-purpose canine skilled solely within the detection of explosives. And, they’ve simply added a brand new canine — a consolation canine assigned to the division’s new Disaster Motion Staff. That union woks with residents who’re having a psychological well being disaster.
When requested about new traits, Overland Park police informed us that Ok-9s throughout the nation are being skilled for all types of issues such has mattress bugs and even having the ability to detect COVID-19.
Altering drug legal guidelines means altering coaching for Police Ok-9 models
Kansas Metropolis, MO (KCTV)—Police departments throughout the nation are wanting forward, and making modifications with regards to their Ok-9 officers—all as a result of drug legal guidelines are altering.
Many departments are deciding new canines mustn’t detect marijuana.
Von Liche Kennels in Denver, Indiana is a coaching facility for police canines. Our crew traveled to the services to get a have a look at the coaching.
Coaching is pricey. The canines at Von Liche Kennels come from abroad and by the point the canines are able to go, departments have already invested as much as $22,000.
We realized the canines work to play with a ball. They discover the medication, then they get to play.
“We have now methamphetamines, we have now heroin, and we have now cocaine,” stated coach Kenneth D. Licklider. However he doesn’t have marijuana.
“It’s simply cleaner to not have it,” he stated.
Cleaner, as a result of extra states are altering their legal guidelines, and marijuana is now authorized in lots of states.
“5 years in the past, there have been rumblings about it. Three years in the past, it began. Not it’s our police we don’t put marijuana on till we all know,” stated Licklider.
Departments the place marijuana is unlawful can embrace that coaching, but it surely might get messy legally if the canine is working in a state the place the legislation is modified. The query turns into, what did the canine really detect?
“Protection attorneys are going to tear you aside by saying that (they discovered) cocaine,” stated Licklider. “Yeah, you discovered cocaine within the automotive. however there was additionally marijuana and that’s what your canine was hitting on– and that’s authorized.”
The Kansas Metropolis Police Division is one that matches the brand new development.
Their new Ok-9, Scoop is totally different from the opposite police canines within the division. He’s been in Kansas metropolis since August. He’s not skilled to detect marijuana.
“It’s a large funding,” stated Sgt Invoice Brown, who abroad KCPD’s Ok-9 program. “It is numerous dedication to it in the best way issues are altering now. So far as the marijuana legal guidelines, it is smart for us to only not imprint on marijuana.”
With Scoop on a drug case, there shall be no excuses.
“Simply because there was a bunch of marijuana there, I can simply sit on the stand and say, I by no means imprinted that canine on marijuana,” stated Sgt Brown. “I by no means skilled that canine on marijuana. However I did practice that canine on cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin, which was discovered.”
(insert pic—Credit score Clay county Sheriff Division)
The Clay County Sheriff is taking a distinct method. It’s new Ok-9 was skilled to detect all 4 medication. And the division says it’s paying off. Csibi, (pronounced Cheebee) not too long ago helped his associate, Det. Andrew Ignatenko, discover medication and money totaling $1 million.
We requested different police departments about their canines. Lenexa has three Ok-9 officers and all three are skilled on methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and marijuana.
Olathe has 5 police canines. 4 are twin skilled, one is only for medication. Division spokesman, Sgt Joel Yeldell says they’ve one other canine in coaching, and it’ll not be licensed in marijuana detection.
Overland Park Police have 5 canines. Three are twin goal canines, which means they’re skilled in narcotics detection (together with marijuana) and patrol features. One is a single-purpose canine skilled solely within the detection of explosives. They usually’ve simply added a brand new canine—a consolation canine assigned to the departments new Disaster Motion Staff. That union woks with residents who’re having a psychological well being disaster.
When requested about new traits, Overland Park Police informed us that throughout the nation, Ok-9s are being skilled for all types of issues, such has mattress bugs and even having the ability to detect Covid 19.
