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Justus
Police Service Dog
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From Ryan Hilsenteger, his partner:
Justus is a full bred,
two year old German Shepherd, purchased for $7,500. He had 400 hours
of basic
training
and continues to train
on a weekly basis. He has been my partner on the streets of Portland,
OR for about 15 months and has accounted for the apprehension of
45 criminals. The most memorable, perhaps because it was only his
3rd capture, involved a wanted subject who ran from the scene of
a domestic violence call. This same suspect was seen days before
running from police and having a gun. Officers chased and lost sight
from the domestic location. I arrived and deployed Justus minutes
later. He was hot on the track of fresh human scent and led me straight
to the property of a high school about 2 blocks away. Justus alerted
on the SE corner of the gymnasium and there was the suspects shirt
in the bushes. Justus continued to bark in this corner. Assuming
(bad thing to do) he was just still excited from finding the shirt,
I pulled him away and made him search for the suspect. We area searched
the nearby school grounds and he showed no interest. Going around
the back side of the gymnasium, he began to pull me hard back towards
the front and opposite NE corner from where the shirt was. He stopped
here too and literally started barking at the corner of the gymnasium
again while pointing his nose straight up. Long story short, the
suspect was laying down on the roof of the gym, trying not to be
seen. After changing our position and shining a light up there, we
could see his shadow. He was ordered down with the help of a fire
truck ladder and arrested....not bad for being over 30 feet above
us on the ground.....TRUST YOUR DOG!
If you
are a member of Search & Rescue, K-9 or Mounted Patrol, please
allow me to paint a small portrait for you at no charge, in gratitude
for your service.
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