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K-9 Patrol Unit |
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The Uniform Patrol Bureau of the Lake County Sheriff's Office contains several specialized units. These units answer calls for service or respond to emergencies that would be impossible or impractical for regular Road Patrol Deputies to handle. The Deputies that work in these units are "Special" deputies. That is, they specialize in a particular area of the law enforcement scope of operation. This span of operation is dictated by the variety of calls for service received from the public. These special units absorb all calls for service, investigations or emergencies that can not be handled by the other divisions. The K-9 Unit consists of ten deputies and their K-9's. These deputies and their respective dogs patrol, answer routine and emergency calls, perform drug searches as needed and search for and apprehend criminals. These units are directly attached to the Uniform Patrol Bureau of the Lake County Sheriff's Office. In the event of a major emergency, natural disaster or any other critical event, all or part of the specialized units make up Special Operations are activated to handle or assist in the response to such an event. |