April 19, 2014
Herndon Police Department has a new explosive-detecting English Springer Spaniel: Officer Lee Trawick was chosen to be Jude’s handler.
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Jude, Reporting for Duty
Herndon PD’s new bomb-sniffing dog a friendly workaholic.
Herndon Police Department’s newest officer is charismatic, ambitious and, well, a little furry. Jude, the department’s new explosive-detecting English Springer Spaniel, is a lovable pup who will be used to snuff out bomb threats in the town and beyond. The town acquired him in February after he received six weeks of training. His partner-in-law, HPD Officer Lee Trawick, was chosen to be his handler and had to receive six more weeks of training together. Both will have some type of training each month. “My training was to learn how to read him and handle him,” said Officer Trawick. Chief of Police Maggie DeBoard said there were many good candidates to handle the dog.
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