Canine Teams
Currently, the Cherry Hill Police Department has three canine teams working on the street. The following are the department's patrol and narcotics detection teams:
- Police Officer A. Amato and K-9 Mai
- Police Officer S. Varady and K-9 Lasko
- Police Officer V Kaulinis and K-9 Ringo
- Police Officer D. Patton and K-9 Chase
- Police Officer S. Carmolingo and K-9 Colt
Benefits of Scent Detection
Having canines trained in scent detection is something the Cherry Hill Police added recently and has proven to be effective. The narcotics detection teams have located drugs that officers may have never found leading to several arrests and countless amounts of drugs removed from the street. The teams are cross trained in patrol work and scent detection. Some patrol duties include tracking, building searches, and article searches.