ST. MARYS POLICE DEPARTMENT

K-9 UNIT

K-9 OFFICER KUDRO

is a German Shepherd Police Dog.  Kudro was born in Germany and trained in Olean, New York.

Kudro began service with the City of St. Marys Police Department in May, 2001. 

DRUG DETECTION

Marijuana, Heroin, Cocaine, Crack Cocaine, Methamphetamines

TRACKING

Fleeing Suspects, Lost Persons, Search & Rescue

The Canine Unit is responsible for assisting in and investigating drug activity, the tracking of fleeing suspects, and the tracking of lost or missing persons.  We provide searches of buildings, vehicles, area, and other type searches for our department and other requesting Law Enforcement agencies.

The Canine Unit also participates in school searches at several surrounding schools.

Our Canine Unit also provides several education programs and does public demonstrations when requested.  We currently have the K-9 Kudro's Junior Patrol Program for children up to the sixth grade.   We also provide a dog safety program to educate children on how to approach a dog and not get injured.

If you would like a demonstration or one of our education programs  for your school, club or organization,  or if you would like to report suspected drug activity,  please contact us at the St. Marys City Police Department (814) 781-1315.

In May 2002, Officer Kudro celebrated the completion of his first year of service with the St. Marys City Police Department.  Officer Kudro has been very active during his first year.  He has logged over 1,632 hours of patrol and over 200 hours of foot patrol  He has responded to over 124 calls for criminal activity, over 24 calls for traffic related investigations and over 79 other incidents.  Officer Kudro has completed over 44 searches for narcotics and 28 tracking missions.  He has had 5 tracks for missing persons and all 5 persons were found, one of which probably would not have survived with out Kudro finding her so fast.  During narcotic searches Officer Kudro has found numerous syringes, metal and plastic marijuana pipes and other types of drug paraphernalia.  The drugs Officer Kudro has found include Cocaine, Heroin, Marijuana, Oxcotyn (ocycodone).   Officer Kudro and his handler, were involved in over 199 arrests for various violations.  65 of these arrests were drug related or involved tracking suspects.  Kudro has also participated in numerous school searches.  Kudro has also assisted the Pennsylvania State Police and other local Law Enforcement agencies upon their request.

Officer Kudro has also received a letter of appreciation for his work from the Sandy Township Police Department for his assistance in a bank robbery incident in July, 2001 in their jurisdiction.

Officer Kudro would also like to thank the citizens of St. Marys and the surrounding communities for their donations for his body armor.  Officer Kudro and his handler would especially like to thank Angela Serianni, who organized the fund raising efforts to get Kudro and several other police K-9's their body armor.