Mohave County Sheriff's Office K-9 Unit
Help Us Out - The Hero Dogs
Take Action! Â Make a tax deductible donation through the Mohave County Sheriff's K-9 Foundation!
Sheriff Schuster
Make a difference in your community by teaming with the Mohave County Sheriff's K-9 Foundation in its efforts to maintain the K-9 unit in order to solve crimes more effectively and discourage criminal activity.
introducing The K-9 Officers
learn more about K-9 PROGRAM BENEFITS
Remove Drugs From The Streets
Traffic stops, search warrants, parking lots, school searches. Â K-9s have 220 million olfactory sensory cells compared to 40 million for a human being. Â K-9s can alert officers to the presence of drugs in schools and vehicles.
Increase Officer Safety
A K-9 can be deployed in potentially life threatening situations making it safer for officers. Â K-9 teams are powerful and highly visible deterrents for burglaries, robberies and drug deals.
Track and Locate
Tracking juvenile runaways, lost or missing children, elderly, fleeing suspects.
Save Time
A K-9 can clear a building in less than 1/4 of the time that it would take an officer.
Promote Public Relations
K-9 teams provide appearances and demonstrations at community functions strengthening the relations between the officers and the community.
Partner with the k-9 Foundation
Help with the Annual Maintenance Costs
$27,000 annually for food, supplements, veterinary fees, equipment replacement, severe injury insurance for five canines.
Aide in the Purchase of K-9 Equipment
$12,000 for protective vests, patrol harnesses, paw protectors.
Assist With New Canine Costs
$15,000 Â to purchase a new canine plus initial training for dog and officer.
Partner With Us
The addition of a valuable K-9 Unit to the Mohave County Sheriff's Department will not be possible or successful without private funding from our citizens and business leaders!