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DONNY YOUNGBLOOD
Sheriff-Coroner
1350 Norris Road, Bakersfield, California 93308-2231
Telephone (661) 391-7500
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is committed to work in partnership with our community to enhance the safety, security, and quality of life for the
residents and visitors of Kern County through professional public safety services.
Working with Patrol Canines
Working around K-9 handlers with police service dogs can be a stressful experience for
both the K-9 team and the deputy (or deputies) assigned to assist them. The stress can
be a result of the incident and search itself, or from not being familiar with how to work
around the K-9 teams during live deployments and possible apprehensions. Although it
is unlikely that all the stress can be eliminated, training and familiarization of the K-9
teams with patrol personnel can greatly reduce the stress of a K-9 deployment for all
involved.
Since K-9 teams are based out of Metropolitan Patrol, m