In Seal Beach, Yosa the Police Facility Dog, is both a local celebrity and a community ambassador. We walked through town with Yosa and her handler, Captain Nick Nicholas. The sweet interactions with people in the community were endless. From adults to children of all sizes, everyone was drawn to her.
Yosa is nothing like traditional police K-9 dogs that are trained to search for evidence or take down suspects. She comes from a 50-year-old organization called Canine Companions, known for training *service dogs for people with disabilities.
“They have all the same skills, being able to assist with things like picking up items off the ground, opening doors, they’re trained to be extremely calm, unflappable in high stress situations and able to interact with all sorts of different people,” said Kyle Kensing from Canine Companions…