Who stopped the bad man??? Yes you did! Yes you did!
Passed a police cruiser with "K-3 Unit" stamped on the side.
If the movie image of a K-9 unit is a German shepherd, what does K-3 mean? Is it one of those little drug dogs that you see wearing vests in airports, like a beagle or a dachshund? Is it a K-9 unit in training, and is that why it's at the mall? Do law enforcement dogs start with shoplifters and work their way up through arsonists and gang members to serial killers and terrorists?
How far does the K-X system extend? If it's all odd numbers 1-9, I suppose K-1s could be toy terriers. Or cats. Cats wouldn't catch many criminals, but they'd still be all smug about it. The dogs would work harder, feeling a need to earn approval and show those cats. Dogs are dumb that way.
The K-X unit itself, of course, is the cyborg dog. Don't fuck with it.
Still, I like the idea of the adorable K-3. I keep coming back to it in my head.
Instead of the handler saying things like, "Balder, stop assailant." followed by growls and maiming, you'd get, "Are we gonna find drugs today, Mumpy? Are we? Are we? Some pot? Some smack? Yes we are! Yes we are! Who's so brave?"
Somewhere a K-1 yawns and stretches.
If the movie image of a K-9 unit is a German shepherd, what does K-3 mean? Is it one of those little drug dogs that you see wearing vests in airports, like a beagle or a dachshund? Is it a K-9 unit in training, and is that why it's at the mall? Do law enforcement dogs start with shoplifters and work their way up through arsonists and gang members to serial killers and terrorists?
How far does the K-X system extend? If it's all odd numbers 1-9, I suppose K-1s could be toy terriers. Or cats. Cats wouldn't catch many criminals, but they'd still be all smug about it. The dogs would work harder, feeling a need to earn approval and show those cats. Dogs are dumb that way.
The K-X unit itself, of course, is the cyborg dog. Don't fuck with it.
Still, I like the idea of the adorable K-3. I keep coming back to it in my head.
Instead of the handler saying things like, "Balder, stop assailant." followed by growls and maiming, you'd get, "Are we gonna find drugs today, Mumpy? Are we? Are we? Some pot? Some smack? Yes we are! Yes we are! Who's so brave?"
Somewhere a K-1 yawns and stretches.
posted by blerg3000 at 6:38 PM
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I think you may need to rethink your mental image of the adorable K-3 unit. In fact, you may want to physically stay away from the k-3 unit.
From http://www.worldofdogs.org/copscanine.htm
"In Oakland, the two major Departmental General Orders affecting the unit are the quite appropriately labeled “K-9” order, which describes the department’s canine program, and the “K-3” order, which deals with the use of force. This use of force order applies, since the police canine bite is listed as one of the more severe options on a continuum of force, and the police have policies on what types of force can be used in different situations. "
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