Allen Co. Sheriff's Department K-9 Academy Graduation

ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) - The Allen County Sheriff's Department held their K-9 graduation ceremony Friday morning.

Allen County Sheriff's Department Master K-9 Trainer, Robert Compton, Captain Shawn Lawhorn, Sheriff Ken Fries, and Chief David Gladieux presented certificates to seven graduating K-9 academy officers and their dogs in the Allen County Courthouse Rotunda.

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The K-9s participated in a 14-week training course and are now certified in the areas of:

• Obedience Control
• Evidence Search
• Area Search
• Building Search
• Tracking and the Detection of Marijuana
• Cocaine
• Heroin
• Methamphetamine
• Ecstasy

The following officers graduated Friday:

• Officer Darren Coburn and K-9 Musashi Miyamoto (Sashi) (Allen County Sheriff's Department)
• Officer Trenton Crooks and K-9 Jax (Angola City Police Department)
• Officer Shay A. Beaver and K-9 Vary (Decatur Police Department)
• Officer Theodore F. Trupp and K-9 Barron (Dayton, Ohio Police Department)
• Officer David W. Hunter and K-9 Zeke (Allen County Community Corrections)
• Officer Robert L. Cleaver and K-9 Phantom (Dayton, Ohio Police Department)
• Officer Kevin Peeper and K-9 Wrigley (Garrett Police Department)