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TOWNSHIP OF ROBBINSVILLE

 

TAKING A BITE OUT OF CRIME!
K9 UNIT
 
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It is the mission of the Robbinsville Township Police Department K-9 Unit to provide professionally trained and highly motivated K-9 teams to respond to critical incidents within the Township and assist neighboring towns if called upon. Additionally, K-9 Teams are utilized for contraband and illegal drug interdiction.

Frequently people outside of law enforcement misunderstand how the dogs are actually used and deployed. This misunderstanding is reinforced by the media, movies, and fictional references, which mistakenly show the dog's aggression more than they depict how a modern Police K9 is truly used.

 

The Police Service Dog is often ill perceived as a vicious, snarling animal. Police Service Dogs are occasionally needed to apprehend criminals by biting, but it's true designed use is to locate suspects who are hiding. Biting is only a very small facet of what the dog can be used for in Police work. The vast  majority of K9 deployments results in no one being bitten. As a "force" tool, the Police Service Dog is very unique in that the dog can be re-called and stopped unlike a swing of a baton, a spray of chemical agents or a bullet when fired by a gun which cannot be stopped while in motion.

 

The Police Service Dogs are used in a variety of situations

 

  • To search for hidden suspects

  • To apprehend fleeing suspect

  • To search for lost persons

  • To search for evidence

  • To protect the handler, other officers and citizens

  • To clear vehicles after a high risk felony stop

  • To conduct public demonstrations

  • To search for and detect the odor of narcotics

  • To be a visual deterrent for crime