Police K-9 Magazine - September/October 2010

is not working, and the teams from the assisting departments benefit from more K- 9 calls for service. In my eyes, it’s a win–win situation.

The fact that you all train together suggests that all the teams are, for the most part, on the same page. That is extremely important when a K- 9 team goes to another jurisdiction on an assist. It is essential that the hosting agency knows what to expect from the visiting K- 9 team and that it is comfortable working with them. If your teams are training together on a regular basis, that should be easily achieved.

It is important to ensure that the administrators from all of the agencies also are on the same page in terms of reciprocity, who will pay for overtime incurred, etc. A joint mutual-aid agreement is a good idea, or at least a mutual understanding of what can be expected from each agency. The parameters on our unit leave the decision

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