Units

K-9 Unit

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The Atlantic County Sheriff’s Officer K-9 Unit is a valuable asset to Atlantic County and acts as a support unit to surrounding law enforcement agencies. Our K-9 Teams are trained for a particular objective and have extensive training.  They attend monthly in-service training and continually train to maintain the highest level of efficiency.  Currently, the Atlantic County Sheriff's Office has K-9 Teams for narcotics detection, explosive detection, and human tracking. 

K-9 Officers

 

K-9 Handler Officer Kleinow with Keeper - Bloodhound (Man Trailing Criminal Tracking)

 

K-9 Handler Officer Kleinow with Loki – Dutch Malinois (Explosive Detection Weapon Recovery)

 

K-9 Handler Officer Richardson with Pepper-German Shorthaired Pointer (Explosives Detection/Weapon Detection)

 

K-9 Handler Officer Kelso with Zara - Belgian Malinois (Narcotics/Tracking)

 

HONORING OUR RETIRED K-9's

Honoring our faithful and loyal past K-9’s who stood by their handlers as they served the citizens of Atlantic County:

  • Max (German Shepard/Belgian Malinois - Narcotics Detection-retired 2025)
  • Billie (Belgian Malinois - Patrol and Narcotics Detection- retired 2020)
  • Eko (Dutch Shepherd/Belgian Malinois- Narcotics Detection- retired 2019)
  • Luke (Bloodhound- Man Trailing- retired 2019)
  • Max (Black Lab- Explosive Detection/Weapon Recovery- retired 2018)
  • Ammo (Chocolate Lab- Explosive Detection/Weapon Recovery- retired 2016)
  • Willow (Belgian Malinois- retired 2013)
  • Dillinger (Belgian Malinois- retired)
  • Dyno
  • Cobra