WEBVTT R OF THE K-9UNIT IS ON THE JOB AND ASJENNIFER FRANCIOTTI SHOWS US,SHE'S PROVIDING A SPECIALTALENT.JENNIFER: MEET SKYE, SHE'S ATHREE-YEAR-OLD SPRINGER SPANIELAND THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THEMARYLAND STATE POLICE K-9 UNIT SKYE WAS GIVEN TO THE STATEPOLICE BY THE FBI SHE'S TRAINEDIN HUMAN REMAINS DETECTION.OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A CADAVERDOG.SHE CAN SMELL EVEN A TRACEAMOUNT OF REMAINS.>> IT HAS SOME ACTUAL GRAVE DIRTIN IT.I WILL GET SKYE OUT AND HAVE HERRESEARCH.MAYBE GIVE HER DIRECTION ALITTLE BIT.WE'LL SEE IF SHE CAN FIND IT.IT IS BEING A POINTER BASICALLY.SHE WILL LOCK UP, HER TAILSTARTS WAGGING FASTER, SHE LOOKSSET TO ME A COUPE OF TIMES.GOOD GIRL.JENNIFER: SKYE HAS BEENCERTIFIED FOR TWO WEEKS AND HASALREADY HAD HER FIRST FIND.IT IS ALL GAIN, SHE GETS A TOYAS A REWARD.FOR THOSE WHOSE FAMILIES ISFOUND, SHE IS INVALUABLE.>> TO BRING CLOSURE, THEIR LOVEDONES HOME, TO BURY THEM LIKETHEY SHOULD BE, IT IS HUGE.JENNIFER SKYE IS THE FIRSTCADAVER DOG IN TWO DECADES.SERGEANT KELLY SAYS THERE WORKTO FIND THE DEAD IS INCREDIBLE.>> THEY MIGHT BE SOMEWHERE OUTTHERE NEVER FOUND AND THEFAMILIES WOULD NOT KNOW WHATHAPPENED.
State police K-9 unit welcomes Skye to team
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Updated: 6:04 PM EDT Oct 5, 2017
The Maryland State Police K-9 Unit has a new member.Skye, a 3-year-old Springer Spaniel, is a certified cadaver dog. Skye is currently one of only three law enforcement human remains detection dogs in Maryland, and is the first cadaver dog to work for the state police in two decades.Skye finished her training and became an official member of the Maryland State Police K-9 Unit on Wednesday. She is assigned to the Special Operations Command and works with Sgt. Rick Kelly, her handler. Kelly is a 15-year veteran of the K-9 Unit who also works with Muddy, a chocolate Labrador retriever bomb dog who joined the ranks in 2015.The Maryland State Police K-9 Unit has been in operation for more than 55 years. Since 1961, K-9s have assisted law enforcement in drug detection, search-and-rescue missions, explosive detection and with criminal apprehensions.
PIKESVILLE, Md. — The Maryland State Police K-9 Unit has a new member.
Skye, a 3-year-old Springer Spaniel, is a certified cadaver dog. Skye is currently one of only three law enforcement human remains detection dogs in Maryland, and is the first cadaver dog to work for the state police in two decades.
Skye finished her training and became an official member of the Maryland State Police K-9 Unit on Wednesday. She is assigned to the Special Operations Command and works with Sgt. Rick Kelly, her handler. Kelly is a 15-year veteran of the K-9 Unit who also works with Muddy, a chocolate Labrador retriever bomb dog who joined the ranks in 2015.
The Maryland State Police K-9 Unit has been in operation for more than 55 years. Since 1961, K-9s have assisted law enforcement in drug detection, search-and-rescue missions, explosive detection and with criminal apprehensions.
