Crime & Safety
Max, Eastman Earn Triple Crown Award
The award is the highest given by the United States Police Canine Association.
What has six legs and just won the Triple Crown?
One of Gaithersburg's Police K-9 units--Officer Chad Eastman and Max.
The Triple Crown award is given by the United States Police Canine Association.
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"The Triple Crown award is presented to the Region Three member in good standing who achieves certification in 'Patrol Dog (PD) I,' 'Tracking' and 'Detector' in a calendar year (January to December)," according to the City. "This is the second year in a row that Corporal Eastman and Max have received this award."
Gaithersburg has two K-9 units. The other, Judah, a German/Belgian Shepherd, and his handler, Officer Jonathan Bennett, graduated in June from training with the Montgomery County Police Department.
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"While working with patrol officers, these two K-9 Units were deployed on 154 occasions," according to the City. "Many deployments were in response to robberies, burglaries and other types of calls for service. The Unit made or assisted in the apprehension of 44 suspects. In addition, the Unit was involved in 65 narcotic searches and 26 building and property searches."
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