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K-9 Sergeant Ken Yurgelon |
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K-9 Officer Jared Richardson |
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| K9 Training. Pedro extracting suspect from his hiding place. The Midvale City Police K9 Unit suffered a loss of one our K9’s. Police Service Dog (PSD) Pedro died August 9th due to a sudden illness. PSD Pedro joined the Midvale Police K9 Unit in July of 1998. He made his way to Midvale from Czechoslovakia where he entered the Police Academy for K9’s. Pedro was a certified a Patrol and Detector dog. Officer Robert Miner handled him. Pedro’s presence will be missed. |
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Midvale City Police K9 Unit "GUARDIANS OF THE NIGHT" Midvale City Police K9 Unit is coming up on its 5th year of operation. Started in 1998 the K9 Unit has been involved in many high profile cases. In August of this year 11-year-old female child was violently assaulted by an adult male. Police Service Dog Vader and his handler, Officer Jared Richardson was on duty and responded. The suspect had run from officers and containment was set up. The suspect ran out in front of Officer Richardson and Vader. The suspect did not comply with Officer Richardson’s orders to stop, so Vader was sent to stop the suspect. Vader gave chase and caught up with the suspect and apprehended him. As a result of Vader’s capture the suspect was taken into custody and is now in prison. This is just one example of the excellent work the Midvale K9 Unit has done through out the year. The Midvale Police K9 Unit is a member of the Multi Agency Deployment concept. Multi Agency is comprised of all the following K9 Units in the Salt Lake valley, Midvale, Murray, Sandy, So. Jordan, So. Salt Lake, West Jordan, West Valley, and soon to add Salt Lake City. All of these agencies train together weekly, and the theory behind Multi Agency is if one agency needs a dog or multiple dogs, then a call is made for additional K9 support. If one dog is good several dogs are better. As a result of Multi Agency, more bad guys have been captured, and more narcotics have been located then ever before. If an agency needs a dog on a felony crime, all available dogs respond from the other agencies to assist with containment, searches or if a dog should become tired or hurt a fresh dog can be deployed. This teamwork with other agencies only helps the Midvale K9 in their successes and safety of the citizens. Listed below are some of the stats for 2002 from the Midvale Police K9: 33 Felony Arrests 49 Misdemeanor Arrests 93 Multi Agency Assists 13 Grams Heroin 869 Grams Marijuana 85 Grams methamphetamine 3 Grams Cocaine $7,000 Worth of Narcotics Seized 123 Vehicle Sniffs 18 Suspect Apprehensions 47 Paraphernalia Finds 152 Narcotic Sniffs The continued teamwork between Midvale Police K9 and of the participating agencies within Multi Agency will only increase the safety of the citizens of Midvale, and help take the criminal element off the street. Midvale Police Department. All Rights Reserved. |