The Plymouth Township Police
Dept. K-9 unit was started in Aug. of 1999. Ofc. Steve
Cheston and his K-9 partner "Hogan" served the Plymouth
community for 9 years, before Hogan’s retirement in January
of 2008.
Officer Steve Albrecht was
selected as Plymouth Townships second K-9 handler and began
his training with new K-9 partner “Radar”. Officer Albrecht
and Radar will undergo several months of training, and once
this training is completed they will be patrolling the
streets of Plymouth. They will be tasked with narcotic
detection, suspect apprehension, searching for lost or
missing individuals, building searches, and available for
public demonstrations.
Officer Albrecht came up with
an idea to allow community involvement and asked the
residents to submit a hand drawn picture along with a name
for the new K-9. Once all the entries were submitted, they
were reviewed and the winner was selected, and a pizza party
was awarded.
