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K-9 and Paw Patrol

Nino & Handler Arianna Moore

Tunica County Sheriff's Office K-9 Handler, Deputy Arianna Moore, is currently attending Desoto County Sheriff's Department K9 Handler Course. This week she and K-9 Nino trained at the University of Mississippi Vaught Hemingway Stadium. Nino is an explosives detecting K-9 acquired by TCSO through funding made possible by the Mississippi Office of Homeland Security's grant program. Deputy Moore and Nino received training on the detection of explosives in numerous environments, such as large scale events like college sporting events in our state.

Sheriff Deputy Antonio Hoskins and K9 Ramone won 1st place out of 30 dogs this week in DeSoto County SO's narcotics detection seminar this week! We are so proud of this duo!

The Tunica County Sheriff's Office K-9 unit consists of dual-purpose patrol dogs. The dual-purpose K-9 are responsible for assisting uniform patrol, Emergency Rescue, Training (ERT) and other specialized searches. The narcotic detector K-9 uses his highly developed sense of smell and skills in assisting with searches for narcotics storage and transportation.