It took just seconds for Ronin to find it.
His reward? A nice, big, chew toy.
Just another day in the life of a K-9 police officer.
Ronin and his human partner, Upper Southampton police Officer Robert Ungurean, along with Lower Southampton K-9 Officer Kyle Heasley and Arrow, are the newest members of a small number of Bucks County police departments with police K-9 units.
Department leaders say police dogs have proven to be important crime fighting and investigative tools. But in a time of slim budgets, few departments have the ability to invest the time and the tens of thousands of dollars it may take to train and keep them.
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Bucks County law enforcement are tying a string of violent incidents to a spike in methamphetamine, a synthetic stimulant that is not only addictive and lethal, but is known to spark hallucinations and paranoia, and drive users into fits of rage.