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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1959)
, Q) 9 4 0 G n I I --.V ' , -' Baltimore bias a powerful new ; anticrime weapon-its K-9 Corps "We had plenty of pedigreed dogs offered to us," he says, "so we could afford to take only the best. We chose male German shep herds which were alert and capable of being trained readily." By the middle of January, 1957, Major Davis had 14 officer-dog teams in training. K-9 officers teach their dogs to be obe dient to heel, sit, lie down, stay in posi tion, come when called, be gun-sure, and attack and release on command. "It is extremely important in attack training," Major Davis explains, "that the dog attacks only on command and releases instantly on order." After completing his basic training, a K-9 dog learns to trail human beings and to locate articles which may be used as evidence. in two months, all 14 officer-dog teams I were on duty in those sections of Balti more where assaults, purse snatchings, and muggings were most prevalent. And sel dom a day passed but what the dogs proved their worth. For instance: "I had just arrested this man," a K-9 officer says, "and opened a call box to get a patrol wagon yhen the criminal broke and ran. Rocky jumped, struck the prisoner in the back, knocked him down, and guarded him until I arrived." Primarily, an officer-dog team works on fot, the dog on a leash, except when released to apprehend a wanted individual. mf g'ves the dog an opportunity to start an investigation on his own. That happened at 1:20 in the morning when officer Calvin Fillings and his dog Major-2 were patrolling an area in the vicinity of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Fill ings noticed a parked truck but saw noth ing about it to arouse suspicion. Not so Major-2. He started pulling toward the truck, bristling and growling. Fillings followed the dog and found a man huddled out of sight in the driver's seat. As the officer opened the truck door, the man slipped out of the cab at the far side and started to run. "Stop," Fillings shouted, "or I'll release the dog." The man stopped at once. He confessed that he had gained entrance to the truck, tampered with the ignition, and actually had moved the vehicle several blocks. On another occasion, six men were en gaged in a street brawl when Patrolman Cortezi and his dog 3-D approached them. Seeing the officer and the dog, the men ran. "Stop!" Cortezi ordered, but the men only ran faster. Releasing the dog, both 3-D and Cor tezi gave chase. By the time Cortezi had one man, 3-D had rounded up three of the offenders and located a fifth man cringing under a car. Only one man got away. This then, is Baltimore's new anticrime weapon in action. The K-9 Corps has taken over some of the city's worst trouble spots. Aware of this fact and that the program is succeeding, many other cities are con sidering adopting it. . "Possibly the greatest value of the police dogs," says Major Davis, "lies in their mere presence on the street. 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