Aviation and K-9 Unit

One of these babies costs 3 million dollars and there is a wait list of several years. It has a heat camera to see things at night and things (ie people) are white. It has a tank that holds 140 gallons of gas and uses 30 gallons of gas an hour.


That's me! :)


In the middle I thought about showing the guy over there that was waiting with the arm protection, but then I got scared I would miss the start, so I quickly went back to the dog.


This is Yukon. He was born in Germany (They don't have the problems with over breeding animals like we do here because not everybody wants a dog in an apartment.) and moved here when he was 8 months old. He is an all black German Shepard. His owner speaks to him in German so that the bad guys don't understand. The officer had to pay for him out of his own pocket and pay for all initial training. Once the dog was certified Novi PD (ie me, the tax payer) paid for food and vet bills.


They use play training to get the dog to find drugs. The trainer puts a towel in the drugs to absorb the smell and then puts his ball in the towel. When he finds drugs, he really thinks he's found his ball! That's what he's constantly looking for is that tennis ball!