The Iowa State University Police Department’s newest member underwent his first big test while on the job this past weekend — scouting out and monitoring Jack Trice Stadium during country singer Luke Combs’ concert.
Zak, a 2-year-old Belgian shepherd, has been on the ISU campus for less than a month but has settled into his work as an explosives detection and tracking dog with ease, his handler, ISU Officer Solomon Farner, said.
“I think the first day was a little goofy, just because he, being from Poland and then coming to Texas and then Iowa, it’s all very different for him. But since he’s been back, he’s been awesome,” Farner said. “I mean, he’s really comfortable on campus, which has been great. He’s able to work anywhere — I haven’t put him in a place where he hasn’t been able to succeed.”…