K-9 Unit

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Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office, trains and maintains a K-9 Division. These specially trained K-9's and their Handlers are utilized for the apprehension of criminals, location of lost persons, location of evidence of a crime, and in the investigation of criminal offenses including the detection of drugs and money associated with the possession of illegal drugs.  These K-9's have been specially trained for law enforcement functions such as tracking criminals for apprehension, evidence and drug detection, and promoting favorable public relations. The Handlers are Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office representatives who are trained in the care, handling, and training of a dog for law enforcement use.

The Sheriff’s Office also has a Canine Support Team that consists of deputies who are specially trained to work in conjunction with the K-9 Unit, and who are responsible for the security of the K-9 Unit during tracking situations.  K-9 Teams are trained to track, search open areas, search enclosed structures, search and rescue, capture persons, protect and command and detect drugs.

Meet our k-9's

Our Patrol Service Dogs (PSD) assist with suspect apprehension, tracking, building and area searches, narcotics detection, and evidence recovery. Our four PSD’s are K-9 Brix, K-9 Atlas, K-9 Edo, and K-9 Paco.

Our Single Purpose Tracking Hounds specialize in tracking vulnerable missing persons and locating wanted suspects. Our four hounds are K-9 General, K-9 Ranger, K-9 Vader, and K-9 Rambo. 

K-9 Sata is our Electronic Storage Detection Dog, trained to locate chemical compounds found in electronics with internal memory. She is deployed during search warrants where electronic devices are crucial to the investigation, such as in child pornography cases.

K-9 Autumn is our Single Purpose Narcotics Detection Dog, trained to assist with any drug-related searches, including vehicles, homes, parcel interdiction, and airport interdiction.

K-9 Rascha is our Explosive Detection Dog, trained to detect explosive materials, including commercial, improvised, and military-grade explosives, as well as the precursors used in their manufacture. Her skills are utilized in pre-event sweeps for large gatherings, VIP visits, specific bomb threat incidents, and in locating explosives or explosive materials.

K-9 Marco is our Ignitable Liquids Detection Canine, trained to detect ignitable liquids and currently has twenty-five odors imprinted on him. K-9 Marco responds to fire investigations when needed, in addition to a mandatory response to all fire deaths and fire injuries. K-9 Marco has been called to assist Special Victims Unit, Violent Crimes, SLED and multiple municipalities in Spartanburg County. 

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