Middletown, CT. (December 22, 2016): The Connecticut State Police Canine Training Unit announces the graduation of the 184 th Patrol Canine class. Canines are a vital tool for law enforcement, and are trained in the areas of obedience, patrol, locating missing persons, building searches, apprehending criminals, evidence recovery, crowd control, and protecting their handlers to name a few. For the canines, all German Shepherds, graduation marks the culmination of a 15-week rigorous and intense training course that began September 12, 2016. The Connecticut State Police Canine Training Unit trains dogs for approximately 42 different police agencies. The agencies include state police departments in the northeast, local and state police agencies in Connecticut, including the Department of Corrections (DOC) and the…
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