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SPECIAL REPORT K9 Standards & Training l K9 Staffng Analysis one dog. At the beginning of the study, the schedule for the K9 Units was from 1900 to 0430 hours, four days a week. Tis schedule was based upon the gut instincts of Sergeant Brian Brosnan, the Sherif���s Ofce K9 supervisor and head instructor of the Pasco County K9 School. To ensure full coverage seven days a week, the schedule was divided. Wednesday was primarily reserved for the training of all K9 teams. K9 resources were also stretched thin by two month-long basic Patrol K9 Schools, Narcotics K9 School, plus normal vacation times and sick days. Scope and Structure of Analysis Te study used 15 months of data from the K9 Unit. It was discovered that while K9 deputies could assist with any call for service, there were 38 types of call categories that could be considered K9 calls. Tese included incidents involving feeing suspects or calls in which the potential for a feeing suspect was increased, such as calls marked In Progress or Just Occurred. Te Narcotics Section also had a K9 assigned but was not included in this study as it does not normally respond to such calls. Te shift for a K9 team was from 1900 to 0430, but to account for call-outs, a K9 day was considered to start at 0500 and end at 0459 the following day, not midnight to midnight. Troughout this study, there was a need to determine when a K9 team was on scene and the dog was deployed, as opposed to when p The Sheriff���s Offce says their low K9 bite rate begins with fnding the correct dog prospects, giving them a socialization test, and then training them to bite at the proper time. a K9 team was on scene serving as backup and the services of the dog were not utilized. Computer-Aided Dispatch does not track when a K9 is actually deployed, so for the purposes of the study, it was assumed calls in which on-scene time was greater than 30 minutes were calls where a canine was deployed. Heat Map Chart indicated that K9 teams responded to the following top 20 of 38 types of calls when looking at the agency globally: 1) Prowler/Peeping Tom, Just Occurred; 2) Domestic Battery, Just Occurred; 3) Burglary, Auto, Just Occurred; 4) Trespassing, In-Progress; 5) Burglary, Residence, Just Occurred; 6) Drug Violation; 7) Battery, Simple, Just Occurred; 8) Fight, In-Progress; 9) Miss- ing Adult, Endangered; 10) Robbery; and 11) Burglary, Residence, In Progress. Additional calls were: 12) Robbery, Home Invasion; 13) Missing Person, Under Age 13; 14) Assault, Aggravated, Just Occurred; 15) Fleeing-Eluding; 16) Battery, Domestic, Aggravated, Just Occurred; 17) Prowler/Peeping Tom, Delayed; 18) Battery, Aggravated, Just Occurred; 19) Suicide, Attempted, Just Occurred; and 20) Assault, Aggravated, In Progress. Te numbers of arrests were projected to increase due to a historical increase in calls for service categorized as Domestic Battery, Just Occurred. Another analysis concerned the top-38 types of calls with K9 deployment. People being Baker Acted (mental concerns where the person can be taken into custody for psychological evaluation) could be added as a potential K9; there were 54 such calls, with an average on-scene time of 30.03 minutes. A Seasonal Trends Graph tracked where a K9 was obligated as well as the number of K9 calls. It was found there are social and natural factors that contribute to an increase in K9 calls for service for spring and summer months. Tis may be because in the summer when windows were open, people heard more t K9 Calls Heat Map was one of the types of graphs used in the K9 Staffng Analysis. A Seasonal Trends Graph tracked where a K9 was obligated as well as the number of K9 calls. It was found social and natural factors contribute to an increase in K9 calls for service for spring and summer months. 24 Tactical Response Mar-Apr 2013