Altoona Police K9

02/02/2025

Did you know ?
Dogs have millions more scent receptors than humans. A dog's nose has between 100 million and 300 million olfactory receptors, while a human's has only 5 to 6 million.
Here, Duke is keeping up on his training finding hidden drugs for his handler. Duke would like to give some advice, if you have illegal drugs, hide them in the flowers, he never looks there.

12/25/2024

It’s always Christmas when you work with your best friend!
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“Merry Christmas from our family to yours!” 🐾 K9 Kali

12/16/2024

The West Family gave our 🐾 K9 Unit a generous donation!
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Thank you for your support, and the Christmas present to our dogs! 🎁 K9 Zeke approves.

12/15/2024

Christmas came early for our K9s!
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Thank you Century Way Products for the smoked dog bones! A perfect farm-to-pet treats for our K9s.
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K9 Kali didn't care much for the picture, just her treat for being a good girl!

11/28/2024

"I'm napping. My brothers and sisters are working today!" 🐾 K9 Luna

Happy Thanksgiving, Altoona & friends!

11/22/2024

"One ticket, please." 🐾 K9 Duke

11/21/2024

09/01/2024

Happy National Police K9 day to our partners.

08/22/2024

08/07/2024

K9 Demonstration at Altoona's National Night Out 2024!

Our K9s are always a crowd favorite. There was exciting action to watch and see how your police dogs serve your community! There was a chase, a search, and a BITE. Some of you got to meet our K9s and get pictures.

Thank you for supporting our police department and our K9s! 🐾

📷: Jenavieve Christensen

08/05/2024

HEATSTROKE TREATMENT

WARNING SIGNS:
PANTING THAT CAN BE INTERUPTED
SEEKING SHADE/RESTING IN PLACE
CRITICAL SIGNS:
BODY TEMPERATURE ABOVE WORKING TEMP (>108 F)
UNCONTROLLABLE PANTING
STAGGERING OR RECUMBENT
UNRESPONSIVE TO VOICE COMMANDS
BLOODY DIARRHEA
TREATMENT:
REMOVE FROM HEAT SOURCE
INITIATE EMERGENCY PROTOCOL FOR CANINE TRANSPORT TO
VETERINARY FACILITY
INITIATE AGGRESSIVE WHOLE BODY COOLING PRIOR TO TRANSPORT!!!
-ICE WATER IS FINE! Pay attention to neck, armpit and groin
-Rotating towels placed in ice slurry/cold water better than just
pouring water over patient
-Encourage evaporation with good air flow during transport
STOP ACTIVE COOLING AT 103 F
MONITOR TEMPERATURE EVERY 5 MINUTES
BE PREPARED TO WARM PATIENT IF TEMPERATURE GOES BELOW 98 F
MONITOR AND RECORD BODY TEMPERATURE/HEART RATE/ATTITUDE
EVERY 5 MINUTES DURING TRANSPORT

07/31/2024

Please keep the injured Des Moines PD Officer and all those involved in your thoughts and prayers. Praying for a speedy recovery.

04/08/2024

K9 Zeke only had eyes for his kong toy… but, at least he looked the part today.