North Salt Lake City police officer Mike Boyle began to issue orders in German.

"Plaza!" He ordered the 5-year-old German Shepherd Tres to put on a healthy light brown fur velvet coat. "square."

Teres was disciplined, obeyed orders, and immediately obeyed the German dog's orders to "lie down" and rest in the rough asphalt parking lot around the Garfield County Sheriff's Annex Building with Rifle.

Soon after, he happily chewed on a rubber toy.

Last week, more than 20 dogs and several law enforcement agencies from inside and outside Colorado gathered in Rifle to participate in the K9 training course hosted by the High Desert Police K9 Association.

The non-profit association at Grand Junction has deployed professional K9 handlers who provide enhanced training, certification, and support for any organization with K9 equipment.

Garrett Duncan is a former rifle police officer and the current Rio Branco sheriff represents the association. He said that the police involved in-depth study of case law last week and obtained certification from the National Police K9 Association, and then the good thing-on-site training .

"We sign,'Hey, the dog knows its smell, the dog knows how to search, how to sniff the vehicle, how to sniff the room, the breeder knows how to read his dog, check the different behaviors we are going to look for," he said. "Then, in terms of training, we got some extra help from Utah and the whole state."

According to their job responsibilities, K9 is an integral part of law enforcement agencies, Duncan said they are mainly used as a key positioning tool. These single-purpose dogs are used to help find contraband, such as narcotics, drug paraphernalia, and missing persons.

On the other hand, dual-purpose K9 is also used to arrest suspects using the chin. Duncan, who used to train K9 in the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office, said that he personally put on a protective dog training suit and let K9's sharp teeth bit into his arm.

"It was scary at first," he said. "But if you do it the right way, it's really fun."

There are four dogs in the Garfield County Sheriff's Office-Bull, Allen, Rex, and Messi. Many of these K9s were nurtured and trained in Europe.

Two were assigned to the patrol department, one was in charge of investigations and the other was the school resource officer.

Garfield County Emergency Operations Sergeant. Chad Whiting is a 16-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office and has been training dogs since 2018. He said that the one-week training provided a good reminder to emphasize case law and translate it into layman’s terms.

"In this kind of training, when we bring a large group of people together, we will have different trainers come to us, we will have different ideas, and we will let people see our dogs in different ways," he Say. "They can bring us something we might not see because we have been training together."

Whiting said the buzzword today is "downgrade," so not only is it important to analyze the changing world of case law, but the monitoring and fine-tuning of high-desert experts helps law enforcement remain agile.

"Our handlers have been installing this downgrade tool in their cars. Because, I can tell you, especially in Garfield County, since we restarted the program in 2005, we have actually only had one street Bite," Whiting said. "And all our other worries are just because the dog has been there. They have given up because the dog is there."

There is no substitute for imitating the smell of narcotics.

This is why some of the training courses last week included substances such as methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and ecstasy.

High Desert President Keith Sanders (Keith Sanders) said that part of the training includes setting up large amounts of real narcotics leather for dogs to sniff. Because, sometimes, the smell of K9 can't actually detect a larger bust.

"If someone carried a half load of illegal narcotics on the highway here, many dogs in small institutions would not have access to it," he said. "When a dog comes into contact with such a large skin for the first time, it may overwhelm them, and they will not react as they should."

"We train them on vehicles, buildings, buried leather and tracking," Sanders said.

Sanders said that there are more than 200 million olfactory cells in K9's nose. In contrast, humans have approximately 2 million olfactory nose cells.

"If I put Sonic's hamburger in front of you, what would you tell me?" Sanders said. "A dog can break down bread, condiments, pickles, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, and meat."

When a dog is deployed for its other main tool-it is sharp teeth-it is trained to make criminal arrests.

Sanders said that in this case, the suspect has the first chance to surrender. The announcement is required by law.

If the suspect refuses to obey, K9 is released. Usually its target is the hand or arm.

"We don't target the head, neck or groin area because there are vital signs there," Sanders said.

The triceps is a favorable target for dogs. Sanders said that in this way, the suspect would not have the opportunity to harm the dog.

"We also train them to bite their legs-large muscle masses-to adapt to pain and motor dysfunction," he said.

According to estimates provided by Geraldine Earthman, the treasurer of the High Desert, dogs that meet the K9 tariff may be expensive.

Earthman is an experienced dog handler. She keeps the tattoo of the dog she trained on her leg. She said that once a dog is purchased and trained by the dog handler school, the cost will start to rise.

"We are considering between $15,000 and $18,000," she said. "Then you have to equip a car with all the equipment. If you set up a dual purpose team, it may cost $25,000 to $28,000-not including the car."

Sanders said, however, these costs are worth it.

"A lot of your departments can't afford K9," he said. "We all have taser guns, we have firearms, truncheons and pepper spray. But once the K9 is deployed, it can be recalled and cannot be used to deal with processing procedures."

You can contact reporter Ray K. Erku at 612-423-5273 or rerku@citizentelegram.com.

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