Hey, K9 lovers! A few of our Washoe County Sheriff’s Office K9s will be at the Scheels store at Legends on Saturday, November 16 to greet all the lovely people who want to meet them. Rumor has it our newest K9 Maggie will be there.
K9 Partners will be set up with some merchandise including shirts, mugs, and our 2025 calendar right off the presses. This is the first opportunity to get a copy. Come say hi and meet the dogs!
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office K9 team has a new member. Say hello to K9 Maggie and Deputy Smith! K9 Maggie is a single-purpose dog and she specializes in sniffing out explosives.
From the WCSO Press Release:
A Short Hair Pointer, K9 Maggie hails from the Netherlands. After a multi-stage process that prepares a handler and a K9 Unit to work as a cohesive team, she was selected and paired with Deputy Smith. Deputy Smith has worked at the Sheriff’s Office for two years and is currently assigned to the detention facility.
“Congratulations to Deputy Smith and K9 Maggie on successfully completing the Nevada POST certification. K9 Maggie’s service will be a terrific benefit to our region, and we are excited to watch her work in both the detention facility and in the field. I look forward to the great things this partnership will do in serving and protecting Washoe County. Thank you, as well, to @washoecountyk9partners for their generous donation and for bringing Maggie to our office.” – Sheriff Darin Balaam
Many thanks to Andi Cassinari and the News 2 team for giving our K9 License plates a boost. Thanks also to the Washoe County K9 unit for showing the dogs in action and talking about how valuable this training center will be to our community. We appreciate it so much.
To learn how to get your plate, go to this link at the Nevada DMV.
Oh, wait! You meant Birthday, right? All of our K9 supporters want to wish K9 Axel a very happy birthday today!
Recently, Deputy Lynch received two awards, the Honored Knight and Relentless awards, at the National Interdiction Conference. These two prestigious awards are related to his hard work and dedication to keeping our community safe and other jurisdictions around the country.
K9 Partners joins in congratulating Deputy Lynch in receiving these awards. Good job.
from this year’s Barks and Badges event! It’s this Saturday, June 1st at Bartley Ranch in South Reno, Nevada! We’ll have some of our K9s and horses plus a lot of other Washoe County services on display. Several vendors will be displaying their wares and we will have food trucks! So, bring the family to look around, learn about the various services, and watch demonstrations. No entry fee to attend, but please leave your pets at home. Event runs from 10 am to 2 pm.
Please stop by the K9 Partners booth and say hi! We have 2024 Tee-shirts, K9 mugs, including the new ones and a few of the retired K9s, plus new souvenir license plates for sale. The plates for your vehicles are available from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles. Hope to see y’all on Saturday!
Happy Birthday to this handsome fellow!! Otto turns 3 years old today!! Please help us wish him a fun day filled with treats, toys and belly rubs!
This year’s Barks and Badges will be June 1st at Bartley Ranch Regional Park. Admission is FREE! Everyone is welcome, but please leave your pets at home. The Washoe County K9s will be out and available to meet with their deputy handlers. This is a wonderful opportunity to see what the K9 unit and other units and public services from Washoe County do.
We will have vendors and food trucks, demos, and some activities. The list of vendors and services for this year will be going up soon.
Plan on joining us for this fun and informative event.
We are thrilled to announce the K9 License Plates are now for sale through the Nevada DMV! This has been a long road and we’re so excited to see our great looking plate ready to ride on your car or truck or whatever vehicle you chose to show your support for the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office K9s.
As announced earlier, all proceeds from the sale of these specialty plates will go toward the building of a training facility in Reno. This building will help to improve the high quality skills of our K9s and others within the region.
To get your plate now or when you renew your plates, go to your local DMV and ask for the K9 Specialty Plate. It should be displayed on their wall. It will look like the photo above.