Integrated Canine Service

Technology and teamwork led to another successful arrest for @ICS_K9 PSD Bruno! 🐕🚓 On October 13, just before 7:45pm, officers responded to a robbery in the 2800-block of Douglas Street. A male suspect allegedly pointed bear mace at the victim and then stole cash along with the victim's iPhone. Using Apple's iPhone tracking capabilities, officers located the suspect in the 700-block of Topaz Avenue. All it took was a bark from Bruno to get the suspect to surrender. The suspect was arrested without incident and held in custody for court. Cash and the iPhone were recovered thanks to the quick thinking of investigators and assistance from PSD Bruno. Now that's a good boy! #ICS #yyj #policedog #teamworkmakesthedreamwork

Thanks @HarbourCats for inviting @vicpdcanada & @ICS_K9 on Forces Friday. Sgt Ewer did a pregame K9 demo and his lab Maverick were a big hit. VicPD hosted the Indigenous community as part of our relationship building efforts. An exciting comeback win! Great crowd, great fans!

You gotta love field trips! Our @SPD_Community & @ICS_K9 provided 20 kids from a local out-of-school program an exciting tour of @SaanichPolice. Demonstrations from police dogs Havoc & Maverick + hands on our motorcycles, cars and boats = fun, memories & future officers!😁#yyj

✨Gotcha!✨ In the early hours of Thursday morning, PSD Bruno put his nose to work and assisted @SaanichPolice Patrol by tracking and locating a suspect who had used a stolen forklift to commit a break and enter to a business.

2/2 On Monday, PSD Riot got his first capture under his belt and helped @vicpdcanada Patrol members arrest a suspect who committed a break and enter to a residence.

☀️🐾 Quick summer update 🐾☀️ 1/2 Last Friday, PSD Havoc assisted @vicpdcanada Patrol members with locating a break and enter suspect inside a construction site. The suspect wisely gave up as PSD Havoc entered the room he was hiding in.

Please us in congratulating our newest Police Service Dog, Riot! PSD Riot is a 2 year old German Shepherd that recently completed his 16 week Basic Course and will be hitting the road this week. PSD Riot will be teamed with Cst. Foley. @saanichpolice @vicpdcanada

Thanks to @vpdcanine for hosting us this week! Our teams had a blast working with you guys! A really nice touch having the K9 memorial out front of the office. #policedog #policek9 #k9 #workingdogs #yvr #yyj

One of our explosive detection dogs, PSD Maverick, met @saanichpolice OSID Beacon today! #bestbuds #detectiondog #operationalstressintervention #policedog @WoundWarriorCA

PSD Jonny had fun hanging out at the @camosun Criminal Justice Information Session. Thanks to everyone that stopped by and said hi! @saanichpolice @vicpdcanada #policedog #k9 #policek9 #police #education #fyp #workingdog #workingk9 #gsd #gsdofinstagram

Tonight’s training night included PSD Bruno working on neutrality around members in a confined area. He’s a quick learner! #policedog #policek9 #k9 #k9unit #gsd #gsdofinstagram #training #constantlylearning @SaanichPolice @vicpdcanada

Thank for your service to @saanich Steve, and enjoy your well earned retirement! #retirement #police #policedog #policek9 #k9unit #k9 #gsd #workingdog

Yesterday our unit helped @saanichpolice send off (Retired) Inspector Morgan, who was our unit’s OIC since its inception in 2021. Steve was a dog handler earlier in his career and was instrumental in allowing our integrated unit to grow and succeed in its first few years.

#police #policedog #policek9 #k9 #GermanShepherd #workingdog #gsd

👏👏👏 A big round of applause for PSD Bruno, who had his first track and capture last not on a suspect who was breaching conditions and tried to evade police. The nose, knows! @vicpdcanada @saanichpolice

PSD Bruno is enjoying the snow in #yyj this morning! Our dogs enjoy being at work, but really let their fun personalities shine off duty. #police #policedog #policek9 #k9unit #k9 #snowday #workingdog #workingk9 #gsd #germanshepherd @vicpdcanada @SaanichPolice

PSD Havoc is our units only long haired GSD so he is always wearing a winter coat. Since “winter” has finally arrived in the CRD with this Arctic outflow coming through, be like PSD Havoc and make sure to wear layers and stay warm! @vicpdcanada @SaanichPolice

It is with heavy hearts we share the passing of another one of our furry partners - Police Service Dog Zender. Zender retired from service earlier this month due to a brain tumour & attempts to extend his life were unfortunately unsuccessful. 1/3 Video reposted from @ICS_K9

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