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Upper Merion Township Police K-9 Unit

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ABOUT THE K-9 UNIT

Police K-9 Units are an integral part of law enforcement, which help make the community a safer place to live. A K-9s’ keen sense of smell makes them very effective in searching for a variety of explosive materials in a variety of places throughout the community. The dogs’ detection skills can also assist the department in locating missing people and assist in apprehending suspects. Police K-9s fill an important role in our daily police work of building and maintaining strong community relations.

Through much training and upkeep, the Upper Merion Township K-9 unit has been able to assist our community in many ways, such as:

  • Perform area searches to track and locate suspects
  • Extensively train in conducting explosive detection
  • Detect hidden firearms, expended casings, and other evidence
  • Assist in locating lost or missing persons
  • Perform valuable educational demonstrations and programs

MEET THE K-9s

Maddie
Female German Shepard
Born August 20, 2017

Maddie comes from Europe via a trainer in Trumbull, Connecticut and is certified in Explosives Detection from the University of Pennsylvania Working Dog Center. Maddie is also trained in Obedience, Agility and Tracking, and lives with her handler AJ Moll.

Anna
Female Belgian Malinois
Born April 30, 2017

Anna comes from the University of Pennsylvania Working Dog Center and is trained in Explosives Detection, Obedience, Agility and Tracking. She lives with her handler Glenn Muntzer

Kyzar
Male German Shepard
Born November 11, 2018

Kyzar originally came from a trainer in Elma, New York and is certified in Explosives Detection from the University of Pennsylvania Working Dog Center. Kyzer is also trained in Obedience, Agility and Tracking, and lives with his handler Nick Vuotto.

DEMONSTRATIONS

The Upper Merion Police K-9 Unit loves every chance to interact with our community and its members. Our K-9s are extremely friendly with adults and children. Our unit regularly holds demonstrations at community events, such as:

  • Employee days at our local businesses
  • Summer camps within the Upper Merion School District
  • Township events
  • Local organizations such as cub scouts, girl scouts

Reach out to us today to see if we can accommodate your next event!

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DONATIONS

The Upper Merion Police Department’s K-9 Unit has proudly partnered with The Hometown Foundation, a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for individuals and their families in surrounding communities. The Hometown Foundation is known for hosting fundraisers and events and for their volunteer work that heavily supports local communities. Some of the Upper Merion K-9 officers have attended Hometown events in the past such as their Dream Ride event held once a year to help fundraise for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Our relationship with The Hometown Foundation began in 2019 when they provided Upper Merion Police with a trained police K-9 (K-9 Maddie). Since then, the Hometown Foundation has provided essential equipment and training aids to the unit at no cost to us. Due to the Hometown Hero Foundation’s considerable generosity to our unit, a portion of donations given to Upper Merion’s K-9 Unit will go directly to The Hometown Foundation while the remaining portion is used locally to support the Unit.

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