NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Newport News Police Department has added two new four-legged recruits to its K9 unit, with officers beginning months of intensive bonding and training before the dogs officially enter service.
The department announced Thursday that K9 Officer Daniel and K9 Officer Douglass recently traveled to Greenville, South Carolina, to pick up their new police dogs, Bruno and Oso.
Bruno, partnered with Officer Daniel, is a mixed breed combining German Shepherd and Belgian Malinois bloodlines. Oso, assigned to Officer Douglass, is a Belgian Malinois, a breed commonly used in law enforcement because of its agility, intelligence, and high-drive work ethic…