Next Region 5 Meeting:
7/13/2025 @ 1400 Hrs. (Central Time / 1500 Eastern)
Via Zoom
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2025 Region 5 PD1, Detector, & Tracking Trial:
Hosted by: Evansville PD
Date: TBD
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Happy Retirement K-9 Kismet!!
February 2025 Evansville PD K9 Kismet Out of Service
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It is always a bittersweet day when one of our K9’s fulfills their duty of serving our community, hangs up their leash, and calls out of service for the last time. Today was no different. EPD K9 Kismet, an 8 year old German Shepherd, was trained as a dual purpose K9. “Kis” as he is affectionately named, started working the streets of Evansville in 2018 alongside his handler, Officer Eric Herrmann. He has worked both 2nd and 3rd shift motor patrol and is quite notorious for his barking, but most importantly, his ability to sniff out anything and everything. K9 Kismet has been instrumental in locating many people over the years and has assisted in removing drugs and guns from our streets.
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Kis has been a wonderful addition to our K9 Team over the years and he will be missed. In his next chapter he will become a stay-at-home doggie with his handler and family. We hope he enjoys his long walks, kongs, and most importantly, playing with his 2 human siblings. Thank you for your service K9 Kismet and Happy Retirement!
Happy Retirement K-9 Bear!!
November 2024 - Congratulations to K9 Bear who retired after 8 years and 4 months of service!
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K9 Bear was born February 2nd, 2015 in Holland and was imported to North Carolina by Orchard Knoll Kennel.
On April 20th, 2016, he was selected to become Middletown Police Department's newest K9 recruit. He began the rigorous process of completing the K9 Academy where he graduated and was put into service on July 8, 2016.
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In 2019, K9 Bear took 1st place in Tracking and Narcotics in Mansfield Ohio during the USPCA Region 5 certifications. In 2022 he took 7th place overall in Middletown during the USPCA Region 5 certifications.
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In the following 8 years and 4 months of dedicated service, K9 Bear worked tirelessly and fearlessly, with his handler, Sgt Anthony Gibson. K9 Bear was utilized over 900 times, including over 400 free air sniffs and has also recovered large amounts of illegal drugs.
K9 Bear was deployed on 261 tracks and 114 building and area searches resulting in 24 physical arrests and 66 incidents where subjects were located and detained without force.
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K9 Bear also completed countless meet and greets and demonstrations at schools and community events, and enjoyed hanging out with co-workers here at MPD especially if he could sneak a snack!
K9 Bear will spend the rest of his days at home being spoiled by Lt. Gibson. Good boy, Bear!
Happy Retirement K-9 Lux!!
Happy Retirement K-9 Fuse!!
On May 28th, 2019, the Kettering Police Department had a K9 retire. K9 Fuse, handled by Officer Brent Wright, was a single purpose Narcotic Detector Dog.
K9 Fuse has been with the Kettering K9 Unit since October of 2012 and now heads off to retirement. Ptl. Wright and K9 Fuse have the distinction of being our first in house trained K9 team. Their performance on the street was nothing short of amazing from day one. During the course of his career, K9 Fuse has been utilized over 640 times, resulting in over 460 total charges. More than 150 of these charges were at the felony level, which includes multiple guns located/confiscated. They not only represented as well in the city, but also in competition, with mostly top 10 finishes in very competitive environments. This includes a 1st place overall ranking at the 2015 OLEKA Top Dog Competition and 4th place overall in the nation at the USPCA Detector Dog Nationals in 2017. Ptl. Wright and K9 Fuse have our thanks and appreciation. We hope he has a long, happy and healthy retirement.
Congratulations to Deputy Griffin Bush and K-9 Archie with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office (IN) for being selected as the 2018 4th Quarter Detector Case of the Quarter.
Congratulations to Evansville Officers Jason Thomas, Zach Elfreich, Doug Bueltel, and John Montgomery who competed in the USPCA National PD1 Dog Trials as a department team in Foley, AL September 24-28.
Together, they finished 3rd place Department Team.
Officer Bueltel and K-9 Gero tied for 5th place in Agility.
Great Job representing Evansville PD and Region 5!
Also, congratulations to the following
Region 5 members who competed as a
Region 5 Team in the USPCA National
PD1 Dog Trials in Foley, AL:
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Robert Schmitt-Vanderburgh Co. SO
Nathan Baehl-Vanderburgh Co. SO
Griffin Bush-Vanderburgh Co. SO
James Eblen-Henderson Co. SO
To unite in a common cause all law enforcement agencies utilizing the services of the canine as an aid in the prevention and detection of crime.
USPCA Region 5 is comprised of Law Enforcement Canine Officers from Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana.
Remembering those who served before us and have passed on.
See some recent catches and finds from our hard working K-9 teams from Region 5.