In April of 2018, the prop P initiative was passed by the citizens of Franklin County. Although, there was no Proposition P funds spent on the canines, with this measure passing it has helped the sheriff’s office with retaining the current deputies and has encouraged more to apply for openings that existed. The sheriff’s office is currently fully staffed and stable; we decided to look into adding K-9 units to help combat the current and long existing drug problem this county is facing.
On September 9th, 2018, Deputies Dunn and Davis traveled to Sector K-9 in Midlothian, Texas to begin a two week training with their new partners. When class began they met their new dual purpose dogs. Deputy Dunn was paired with Dino, a 14 month old German Shepherd/Belgian Malinois mix and Deputy Davis was paired with Rollo, an 18 month old Belgian Malinois. Both deputies were prior dog handlers with other agencies. Over the course of their two week training they worked on drug detection, criminal apprehension, article searches, tracking, and trailing. These dogs will be huge assets to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office with combating illegal drugs.
I, along with all the Franklin County deputies, thank the citizens of this county for their continued support.
Steve Pelton
Franklin County Sheriff
On September 9th, 2018, Deputies Dunn and Davis traveled to Sector K-9 in Midlothian, Texas to begin a two week training with their new partners. When class began they met their new dual purpose dogs. Deputy Dunn was paired with Dino, a 14 month old German Shepherd/Belgian Malinois mix and Deputy Davis was paired with Rollo, an 18 month old Belgian Malinois. Both deputies were prior dog handlers with other agencies. Over the course of their two week training they worked on drug detection, criminal apprehension, article searches, tracking, and trailing. These dogs will be huge assets to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office with combating illegal drugs.
I, along with all the Franklin County deputies, thank the citizens of this county for their continued support.
Steve Pelton
Franklin County Sheriff
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