Police K-9
On Wednesday November 14th we were treated to a visit from The Faribault Police department and Sergeant Adam Marvin and police K-9 officer Cannon.
Cannon is a 2-year-old Belgian Malinois. Sgt. Marvin and Cannon have recently completed their training and certifications from St. Paul PD. Sgt. Marvin explained to us that Cannon does everything for the reward of his chew toy. Which we could tell he really loves! Sgt. Marvin and Cannon have ongoing training with another officer and k-9 from the city of Faribault alongside the Rice County Sherriff's department and their K-9. Cannon has to be certified in his narcotics training ever year to be able to work the road with Sgt. Marvin. He rides along, and with the push of a button (remote) can be released from his squad. He watches the action from inside the squad until he needed. When the door flies open - watch out, he is working and you don't want to be the person he is after!
Cannon is considered a tool used by the officers for their own safety. He is a dual-purpose dog which means he is trained in narcotics and tracking. He can track drugs or people. Dogs are extremely effective in crowd control as well. Cannon gets to go to the police station and knows the officers, they are like family.
Cannon goes home with Sgt. Marvin and has a kennel and gets to stay in the garage. Sometimes he gets to come in their home. Cannon is trained to be social not aggressive, currently Cannon does better with adults, he can be around kids, but adults are Sgt. Marvin's preference. Sgt. Marvin has a vest for Cannon, and he wears a harness and a tracking collar, as well as a shock collar for his own protection.
Cannon is high energy, and it was a pleasure to hear Sgt. Marvin speak about him and their work together.
Thank you for joining us! we look forward to another visit from you and Cannon to hear more stories of your working together!