AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — Drugs, guns, bombs and people: The dogs at the Aurora Police Department are trained to find it all, no matter the situation.
“We’re out there. We’re out trying to be that resource for patrol, for other agencies, and trying to make it safer for everybody involved,” Sergeant of the K-9 unit for Aurora PD Jeremy McElroy said.
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For the first time since 1980, the Aurora Police Department’s K-9 unit is fully staffed: Eight dogs for eight officers, all prepared to go out into the field on a variety of cases.
“Just the psychological advantage of the dog being on scene can get a lot of criminals who want to give up without having to fight with the police, without having to injure us, injure themselves, put anybody else in danger,” McElroy said…