K9 operations staff

Sergeant Matt Noar
K9 Handler Kathleen Kelsey
K9 Handler Chip Short
K9 Handler Kathy Yelton
​Probationary Handler Erika Nergard ​
Corporal Joan Brehm                                                                     K9 Handler Rob Glinka                                                                    K9 Handler Melissa Nergard
​Probationary K9 Handler Marian Stone                                                                                                                 
All K9 Operations Staff must complete the following minimum training to be an operational volunteer:
  • National Incident Management System: ICS 100; 200; 700; 800.B; 809
  • 16 hr. Ground Search and Rescue Class        
  • Basic Land Navigation Class​                               First Aid/CPR
  • Basic Communications                                        Crime Scene Preservation
  • Scent Theory                                                           K9 First Aid                                      Training Logs and Report Writing

Meet Our k9 Team

K9 Kona

HANDLER ROB GLINKA
TRAILING - INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), OCT. 2018-2020 ​​

K9 Jessie

HANDLER JOAN BREHM
CERTIFICATIONS:
​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

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
K9 Oma

HANDLER KATHLEEN KELSEY
DISASTER HRD:  FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA), JUNE, 2019-2021

k9 Elly

HANDLER: KATHY YELTON
IN TRAINING: HUMAN REMAINS DETECTION ​

k9 Zip

PROBATIONARY HANDLER MARIAN STONE
IN TRAINING: TRAILING

K9 pona

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JUNIOR HANDLER ERIKA NERGARD
IN TRAINING: HUMAN REMAINS DETECTION

K9 Brennan (retired)

HANDLER MISSY NERGARD
CERTIFICATIONS:
​​AREA SEARCH - INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), OCT. 2013 - 2015; SEPT. 2015 - 2017; SEPT. 2017-2019

K9 Zach (retired)

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
In Memory of our Past K9 Partners....
K9 Otis (2013-2020)
K9 Buzz (2012-2020)
HANDLER CHIP SHORT
CERTIFICATIONS:  
​​TRAILING - INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION (IPWDA), OCT. 2014 - 2016; SEPT. 2015 - 2017; SEPT. 2017-2019
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