A new K9 unit will hit the streets next month in Midlothian.
The Midlothian Police Department has been without a K9 unit for more than a year after its former K9 handler, Wes Keeling, left to start his own training program, Sector K9 in Midlothian. According to a Midlothian PD press release, the department has worked toward returning a K9 unit to the streets and adding an additional K9 unit to the patrol division.
Spann stated that the handlers and their K9’s will mimic real response situations during their time at the Academy. The K9’s, in particular, will be exposed to different narcotics in order to identify different substances while on-duty.