COMMUNITY SAFE EVERY AGENCY HAS SPECIFIC DIVISIONS OR DEPARTMENTS TO HANDLE ONE OF OUR CHALLENGE MAY POP UP FOR THE FORSYTH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSETS
ON THEIR TEAM.
HAS FOUR LEGS AND FUR KIRSTEN GUTIERREZ JOINS US IN THE STUDIO NOW WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT THE K-9 UNIT.
FOUR DEPUTIES RANGER VADER BEIN REX BRUNO AND SUSIE PATROLLING FORSYTH COUNTY REQUIRES A SPECIFIC KIND OF TRAINING.
IT IS A VERY HARD LIFE THAT THEY LIVE THERE.
THEY’RE NOT PETS LOUNGING AROUND THE SIX MAKE UP THE FORSYTH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE K-9 UNIT.
THEY’RE IS INTENSE I HAVE SCARS TO PROVE IT.
WELL, THIS IS NOT MY TYPICAL DAY ON THE JOB.
I WANTED TO GET IN ON A DAY IN THE LIFE OF TRAINING FOR THESE CANINES AND THEIR HANDLERS BUT FOR THEM, IT’S JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE.
THE DOGS ALWAYS HAVE TO WIN SO YOU HAVE TO BUILD THEIR CONFIDENCE UP.
SO WHEN WE’RE IN A TRAINING ENVIRONMENT, IT’S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE DECOY GIVES OFF THE A DOG THAT REALLY HURT SO THE DECOY REALLY HAS TO SELL IT TO THE DOGS.
SO THEY’RE GOING TO SCREEN THEY’RE GOING TO YELL LIKE IT’S REALLY GETTING BIB WHEN WE DO HAVE A REAL-LIFE DEPLOYMENT.
THERE IS NO HESITATION IN THE DOG BECAUSE THEY KNOW IN TIMES PAST THAT THEY HAVE ONE 100 PERCENT OF THE FIGHTS.
THEY’VE IN LIKE CLOCKWORK.
EVERY THURSDAY, THEY’RE OFF TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TO KEEP THESE GERMAN SHEPHERDS ON THEIR TOES FOR SEARCHING TRACKING TRAILING APPREHENSION AND ALL WITH THEIR NOSE THEY CAN FIND
THE HIDDEN NARCOTICS.
I CAN FIND EXPLOSIVES.
THEY CAN FIND PEOPLE HIDING WHERE HUMAN JUST DOESN’T HAVE THAT ABILITY THAT A DOG CAN OF THIS CANINE TEAM VADER STANDS APART AS THE ONLY EXPLOSIVES DETECTION K9 IN THE ENTIRE
COUNTY SHERIFF BOBBY KIMBROUGH SAYS HIS TRAINING IS CRITICAL.
WE LIVE IN VERY STRANGE TIME VERY STRESSFUL TIMES AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO COME.
WHAT’S GOING ON?
IT’S JUST A PLUS AND SO TO HAVE A CANINE THAT IS AN EXPLOSIVE CANINE AND ME THAT JUST ADDS TO THE WHEELHOUSE AND ALSO IT KEEPS THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY IN THIS COUNTY SAFER FROM
SEAFOOD TO EXPLOSIVES VADER CAN TRACK MORE THAN 20 TYPES OF EXPLOSIVES.
THE SKILLS ARE A GAME CHANGER WHAT VADER FINDS IS TO SAVE LIVES.
OUR FIRST DAY BACK WAS ACTUALLY THE BOMB THREAT AT FLAT ROCK MIDDLE.
SO WE WENT IN AND WE WERE ABLE TO SEARCH BUILDING AND NO INDICATION.
LUCKILY THE REST OF THE K-9 UNIT HANDLES DRUG DETECTION, BUT THEY ALL HAVE TO MASTER VEHICLE EXTRACTION.
THAT’S WHERE YOU’VE GOT TO TRUST YOUR DOG, BUT YOU’VE GOT TO KNOW THAT YOUR DOG IS ON THE CORRECT TARGET.
OH GOD, THE CANINES ARE TRAINED TO FOCUS ON AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR, UNLESS INTO THEIR HANDLERS COMMANDS.
THERE’S ALWAYS DADDY TO COME ON OUT.
AND WHAT DOES THE BED AND WHILE THE DOGS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED THOUSANDS OF TIMES?
WE ONLY HAD FOUR BYTES IN 10 YEARS AND I FEEL LIKE THAT’S DUE TO HOW WE HANDLE OUR DOGS HANDLE HANDLE OURSELVES AS A UNIT KIMBROUGH ALSO PUT THEIR TRAINING TO THE TEST.
I’M NOT I’M NOT I’M NOT SURE.
I’M NOT I’M NOT IT’S A BIT UNUSUAL THING TO SEE A CANINE OF THAT SIZE COMING TOWARD YOU SHOWING HIS TEETH SITE KIMBROUGH.
NEVER WANT ANYONE TO SEE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
WE DON’T USE THEM RECKLESSLY WHEN THIS TEAM IS DONE WITH TRAINING.
THAT DOESN’T MEAN THEY’RE THE CLOCK THEY DON’T STOP WORKING UNTIL THEY RETIRE THEY PROTECT AND SERVE WITH INTENSE TRAINING FROM THE AGE OF TWO UNTIL ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD AND WHEN DUTY CALLS
THEY COULD BE RUNNING CLOSE TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WHEN THEY HIT THAT DECOY, THAT’S A JOLT TO THE BODY RIDING AROUND IN THE CARS ALL DAY WHEN WE’RE RUNNING BLUE LIGHTS AND SIREN.
THAT’S NOT EXACTLY, YOU KNOW COMFORTABLE FOR THEM.
THEY’RE NOT GETTING HURT.
BUT AGAIN, IT’S IT’S A VERY HARD LIFE.
IT’S NOT A LIFE OF LUXURY SO IT TAKE A TOLL ON THEIR BODIES.
I TOLD THE HANDLERS SAY IS WORTH IT WHEN IT COMES TO KEEPING THE PEOPLE OF FORSYTH COUNTY SAFE AND A JOB THE CANINE SEEMED HAPPY TO BE A PART OF AND FORSYTH COUNTY KIRSTEN GUTIERREZ
WXII 12 NEWS.