Detroit Lakes Police Department

Detroit Lakes Police Department K-9 Program

In July of 2003, our former K-9 "Quincy" passed away and left a major gap not only in our ranks but in our resources. It was quickly decided to continue the program into the new year. The support from the public was outstanding and nearly twice as much of the needed funds were raised to help pay the costs for getting a new K-9 unit off the ground.

In 2004, Officer Robert Strand was teamed with K-9 "Chase" and began patrol of our streets just before the summer tourist season. They were involved in a variety of critical situations that were very helpful to law enforcement and other public safety agencies around the region over the last two years.

In may of 2006, K-9 Chase passed away due to unknown medical reasons. He was only 4 years old. A Chase Memorial that contains part of the original newspaper report can be found on our new memorial section by clicking here.

NEW K-9 PROGRAM FOR DECEMBER 2006

Officer Robert Strand attended a special school down in North Carolina in the late fall of 2006 to get paired with another dog. "Macho" is a three year old German Sheperd imported from England and was purchased from Ocard Knoll Kennel in Angier, NC. The school Strand attended was two weeks long. Strand trained with Macho and observed many of the things he has already been trained to do. Macho has extensive training from overseas and has been raised for sport. The sport done overseas is almost identical to what K-9 Police dogs do. Macho is currently certified to work the street for patrol and narcotics duty. His commands are all in Dutch.

Here are some of the latest photos of Macho taken 12/20/2006:

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