Ready for Action Every day is different for Office Lyle Sinclair and Nick Nick is a police service dog Officer Sinclair is his handler Together they form a K-9 police unit Nick and I are on call 24 hours a day Sinclair says We never know when we’ll be needed Why are police dog teams called K-9 units 4
K-9 is short for the word canine Canine means having to do with dogs 5 A police dog and an officer can make a great team
Some days Nick and Officer Sinclair search for illegal drugs Other days they hunt for missing persons or crime suspects Nick is faster and stronger than most humans If a suspect tries to run Nick corners him Nick’s bark is scary His gaze is strong Sinclair arrests the suspect 7 When they see a dog like this criminals stop running
