K9 operations staff

Sergeant Rob Glinka
K9 Handler Kathleen Kelsey
K9 Handler Chip Short
​K9 Handler Dave Stone
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Corporal Marian Stone
Director of Training and K9 Handler Joan Brehm                  K9 Handler Melissa Nergard
K9 Handle Jennifer Pauken
Probationary Handler Faith Krizel 
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All K9 Operations Staff must complete the following minimum training during probation to be an operational volunteer:

• National Incident Management System: ICS 100; 200; 700; 800; 809
• 16 hr. ILSARC Ground Search and Rescue Class        
• ILSARC Basic Land Navigation Class​                               
• Basic Communications                                       
• OPSEC and Agency Overview                                                          

• First Aid/CPR
  
• Crime Scene Preservation
  
• K9 First Aid
  
• Training Logs and Report Writing
  
• Scent Theory

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Meet Our k9 Team

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K9 Jessie

HANDLER JOAN BREHM
​HUMAN REMAINS DETECTION (HRD) - NATIONAL SEARCH DOG ALLIANCE (NSDA), JAN. 2018 -2020
HUMAN REMAINS DETECTION -  LAND AND CRIME SCENE  - INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), MARCH 2018-2020, March 2021-2023, April 2023-2025; June 2025-2027
HUMAN REMAINS DETECTION - WATER - ALLIANCE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE INSTRUCTORS AND EXAMINERS (AERIE), SEPT. 2022
Disaster Human Remains Detection - 
National Search Dog Alliance (NSDA) April 2024-2026

K9 Rip

K9 MAE 

Handler Joan Brehm
AREA SEARCH - 
INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), April 2023-2025; June 2025-2027
Disaster Search - 
National Search Dog Alliance (NSDA)  April 2024-April 2026.

HANDLER CHIP SHORT 
​TRAILING - LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING SPECIALISTS  (LETS), October, 2022
INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), April 2023-2025; June 2025-2027

K9 OMA

HANDLER KATHLEEN KELSEY
DISASTER HRD:  FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA), JUNE, 2019-2021; HUMAN REMAINS DETECTION -  LAND AND CRIME SCENE  - INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), MARCH 2018-2020, MARCH 2021-2023, April 2023-2025, June 2025-2027

k9 Orion (Ry)

HANDLER Dave Stone
HUMAN REMAINS DETECTION -  LAND - INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), April 2023-2025​

k9 Zip

HANDLER MARIAN STONE
Trailing  - INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), MARCH 2021-2023, April 2023-2025
HUMAN REMAINS DETECTION -  LAND AND CRIME SCENE  - INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), April 2023-2025, June 2025-2027

K9 DEMI

HANDLER KATHLEEN KELSEY 

In TRAINING: HUMAN REMAINS DETECTION 

k9 SuNNY 

HANDLER: JENNIFER PAUKEN 
IN TRAINING: Trailing ​

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RETIRED PARTNERS

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K9 Kona

HANDLER Rob Glinka 


TRAILING - INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), OCT. 2018-2020; OCT. 2021-2023 

k9 Pona 

HANDLEr Missy Nergard 
HUMAN REMAINS DETECTION -  LAND 
 INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), MARCH 2021-2023, April 2023-2025​

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In Memory of our Past K9 Partners....

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K9 brennan

HANDLER MISSY NERGARD
CERTIFICATIONS:
​​AREA SEARCH - INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), OCT. 2013 - 2015; SEPT. 2015 - 2017; SEPT. 2017-201

K9 Kuster

HANDLER MATT NOAR
Certifications:
TRAILING - NORTH AMERICAN POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (NAPWDA), MARCH 2014 - MARCH 2015; MAY 2015 - MAY 2016
AREA SEARCH - INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), SEPT. 2015 - 2017; SEPT. 2017-2019; MARCH 2021-2023

K9 Otis (2013-2020)

HANDLER CHIP SHORT
CERTIFICATIONS:  
​​TRAILING - INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), OCT. 2014 - 2016; SEPT. 2015 - 2017; SEPT. 2017-2019

K9 Buzz (2012-2020)

HANDLER JOAN BREHM
CERTIFICATIONS:
​AREA SEARCH - INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), OCT. 2013 -2015; SEPT. 2015 -2017; SEPT. 2017-2019
​DISASTER - INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), OCT. 2013 - 2015; OCT. 2016 –2018
HUMAN REMAINS DETECTION - INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), SEPT. 2017-2019
WATER HUMAN REMAINS DETECTION
INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), MARCH 2018-2020

K9 Zach

HANDLER KATHLEEN KELSEY
CERTIFICATIONS:
DISASTER HRD - THE USAR FOUNDATION, APRIL 2012 - 2015
HRD - NORTH AMERICAN POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (NAPWDA), SEPT. 2012 - 2013; AUG. 2013 - 2014; AUG. 2015 - 2016; AUG. 2017 - 2018
DISASTER HRD - FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA), NOV. 2013 -2016
WATER HUMAN REMAINS DETECTION -ALLIANCE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE INSTRUCTORS AND EXAMINERS (AERIE), AUG. 2015 -2017