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The mission of the Kilgore Police Department Canine Unit is to provide a trained police canine to assist in the prevention and detection of crimes, locating persons sought by the police, the promotion of a favorable public image of the police department, and for such other duties as may be directed by the administration of the Kilgore Police Department.
The Canine Unit endeavors to provide year round, 24 hour availability of a police canine in order to meet the needs of citizens and law enforcement personnel. Enhancing department community relations as well as officer safety and productivity are key objectives of the canine unit mission. Through training and education, the canine unit seeks continued self-improvement and an increasing involvement in the community law enforcement effort.
Officer Charles Taylor joined KPD in 2019. He took on his current role as a K9 Handler in January 2022 when KPD acquired K9 Drogon, a belgian malinois. Drogon is trained to track lost persons or suspects, sniff out lost or discarded articles, conduct building searches, narcotics detection, and handler protection.
Officer Tony Forbes joined KPD in 2018 and is assigned as a School Resource Officer. He previously worked with K9 Ruger, who was retired in 2022, and is now partnered with K9 Dodo, a german shepherd. Dodo is a school specific K9 and can alert us to tobacco products as well as vapes, alcohol, gunpowder and all the other illicit drugs we might encounter.