1. Ocala Police Department
Canine Unit
Ocala Police Department

2. Ocala’s first K9 Officer, with K9 “Sergeant Satan”
1955
Ocala’s first K9 Officer,
Leroy Strawder
with K9 “Sergeant Satan”

3. 1978
PFC Doug Stewart and
K9 Rolf

4. Cpl. Mike Clemmons with K9 Xanto
Cpl. Mike Clemmons
and K9 Sharky
Cpl. Mike Clemmons with K9 Xanto

5. GROWTH Cpl. Jeff Bairstow with K9 Dino Cpl. Lisa Bienko and and
PFC Rod King with K9 Baron
Cpl. Lisa Bienko
and
K9 Jumbo
Cpl. Jaime Buchbinder and
K9 Rocky
Cpl. Rod King
and
K9 Beau

6. The Canine Unit 2006
Dozer
Kilo
Bud
Kai
Motuck

7. K9 demonstrations are performed at many community events throughout
Ocala and Marion County

8. TRAINING… CERTIFICATION…
K9’s and their handlers go through extensive training
CERTIFICATION…
All K9’s must be certified – Ocala’s K9’s are dual certified in patrol and narcotics detection

9. TRAINING Basic K-9 Handler Certification
The Officer and their canine partner must complete 480 hours of training to become a certified K9 handler and complete the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) certification.
This course is instructed by
Officers Gerard “Rod” King and Michelle Green, Ocala Police Department
FDLE certification:
Obedience
Apprehension / Gun Fire
Building Searches
Area Searches

10. K9 TRAINING NAPWADA (North American Police Work Dog Association)
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NAPWADA (North American Police Work Dog Association)
This is a secondary certification that the Ocala Police Department sends their K9 handlers to for enhanced training and reliability during court proceedings.
The K-9 handlers obtain certification in the following areas:
Sociability, Obedience, Tracking and Trailing,
Manwork (Muzzle work, apprehension, aggression, gunfire apprehension, outing), Building Searches, Area searches,
and Article Searches.

11. NOCSAR (National Organization Certifying Search and Rescue)
K9 TRAINING
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NOCSAR (National Organization
Certifying Search and Rescue)
This is an additional cadaver certification that Officer King holds. He is the only certified cadaver handler in Marion County.

12. TRAINED…
WORK = PLAY
PARTNER
LOYAL
SKILLED
DEPENDABLE
AGILE
DEVOTED

13. New Canine: “Brinson” purchased by Cone Distributing
Sergeant Erica Hay
K9 Brinson

14. New Canine: “Zorba” purchased by Richmond Hill Capital Partners
Officer David Rodriguez
K9 Zorba

15. New Canine: “Ice” purchased by Bernie Little Distributing
Officer Anthony Reghetti
K9 Ice

16. The winners of the K9 naming contest with Sgt. Erica Hay and “Brinson”
Building a bigger and better K9 Unit at the Ocala Police Department with Community involvement.
The winners of the K9 naming contest with Sgt. Erica Hay and “Brinson”