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Because he was a high-energy dog, he needed some regular running around, even in the office. He had a good supply of squeaky
balls, and I would regularly throw a ball down the hallway. If he didn’t catch it on a bounce he’d invariably slide at the end of
the hallway, sometimes by several feet, and sometimes even ending with a slam into the door at the end of the work hall.

As a K9 handler I qualified to get a jumpsuit issued to me. It was a custom fit thing, handmade by Blumenthal Uniforms in
Seattle. Cost almost $500 bucks. It was awesome because it did not collect dog hair at all, unlike all the other police uniforms.
Which is why when and if you ever see any pictures of police dog handlers, they are almost always wearing utility jumpsuits that
are resistant to mud and dirt and dog fur and dog slobber.

Being a K9 Handler got me involved in a few drug raids, coordinated by the undercover and uniformed officers assigned to the
Special Operations Group; a force manned by a half dozen cops from different local agencies. Their mission was to work big
drug cases and take down the dealers who were supplying drugs to the local criminals. The SOG had their own private
headquarters in a secret warehouse location in Bremerton.
They relied on patrol officers catching drug users out on the
streets who would be agreeable to becoming a confidential
informant in exchange for a lighter sentence. Most drug addicts
would never consider becoming a “snitch” but some thought it
was better than years and years in prison. The CI’s would share
information about their dealers, and some of them would do
controlled buys from their dealers, using cash supplied by the
SOG undercover officers. The buys would be recorded and after
several buys, a standard 12-page search warrant would be
approved by a judge and it would door-kicking-in time. The
ultimate goal would be to get the drug dealers to cough up
information on their suppliers, and then go kick in their doors.
Each level up would yield more cash and drugs; an ideal end to
a case involved arresting big time dealers, usually in Seattle or
Tacoma, and sending the whole case to a Federal Court.