'Working Dog Wednesday' Marks A New Leash For Murrieta Police K-9 Cops

MURRIETA, CA—The Murrieta Police Department recently took a social media minute to showcase some of the most loyal, obedient, and sincere officers on the force. Meet the department's K-9s each Wednesday on social media feeds.

Each K-9 officer is introduced either in groups of dogs at work, or individually, showcasing the personal relationships with their handlers.

"We have the K-9’s out demonstrating some basic skills. Some obedience, some article searching, and an area search with a high find," a spokesperson for the department wrote on Facebook.

The dogs continuously work on foundational skills, all critically important to being "mission-ready" all the time. "Most complicated tasks are a bunch of simpler tasks strung together," they said.

Murrieta Police Chief Matthew Henry expects the K-9’s to be operationally deployable at any time and commits the necessary training time to assure that capability. "We have to keep those dogs on their toes!"

And sometimes, you just have to say "Happy Birthday," to a good dog, like K-9 Roger.

"His full name Spitting Fire Rogers Nelson," according to the department. The K-9 officer came from a well-established, family-run kennel by the name of Spitting Fire Malinois, a husband-and-wife team that breeds and trains Malinois to compete in dog sport competitions. After maturing a bit, Roger was sold to another trainer who trained him and eventually sold him to Adlerhorst where he ended his journey and became one of our police K-9s."

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