JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Four-legged crime fighters are among the frontline heroes in the Jacksonville community and around the nation, serving and protecting every day.
K9s United -- a local nonprofit -- is giving back, offering free training for K-9 officers. It’s a paws-on workshop to fine tune their skills.
“Maybe they’re tracking but they’re not tracking as good as they would like for them to be, or there are some problems that have come up and these dogs can come here and work those problems and the trainers can help them advance through that," said Sgt. Jeremie Nix with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.
Jacksonville police officer Matt Herrera was working with a new K-9 after his partner, Fang, was killed in 2018 during a suspect pursuit.