COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Texas A&M University Police Department has announced that they have added a new K-9 German Shepherd to their task force.
K-9 Taps, a two-year-old dog born in Poland, joined the task force in June alongside Officer John Browning.
That same month, it was announced that K-9 Jackie would be leaving active service with the TAMU PD and entering retirement while living out her days alongside Officer Browning.
K-9 Taps was trained at the Pacesetter K-9 Academy in Liberty Hill, Texas, and after a 120-hour course was certified as an Explosives Detection and Tracking Dog through the Pacesetter Explosive Detection and Tracking Certification Course. Her becoming a new part of the TAMU PD K-9 unit was thanks to a gift to the department by the ASCO through a grant from K9s4COPs, a nonprofit organization.
According to TAMU PD, K-9 Taps can be spotted in and around the Texas A&M campus, in the Bryan-College Station area, at sporting and special events, and alongside other law enforcement agencies providing support.
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