Labette County, Kansas

The Labette County Sheriff's Office currently has 1 active K-9 Unit Team.  The K-9 and his handler has had to complete extensive training to become a certified K-9 Unit.  All Units are recognized by the 11th Judicial District Court and certified.

 

The K-9 works a regular deputy schedule with his handler and is afforded the same legal protection as the full-time deputies on the department.  This means that if anyone should injure a K-9, they could and would be charged with the same crime as if they had injured a handler.  During the year 2000,  the department had 2 K-9 Units which seized over 547 pounds of marijuana and 1 pound of meth, with a total street value of over $547,000.00.

 

K9:	"EIKO"
Handler:	Deputy Kevin Lahey
Breed:	German Shepard
Sex:	Male
Narcotic Certified:	Marijuana, Cocaine, Heroin, and Methamphetamine
Patrol Certified:	Tracking, Building Search, Article/Evidence Recovery, Handler Protection, Criminal Apprehension and Obedience
Highlights:	Successful in numerous seizures of marijuana and cocaine
Misc:	K-9 purchased with funds from a drug seizure fund, at no cost to the taxpayers.