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fngfa were apprsjj* i20 c<all= *when e.n oi'Ticer •fou.'id a door <br />coin’on a butildinc; cr house, possibly burgiary in progress. <br />In ail commercial buildings and larger residential homes, a <br />dog would be used. <br />In 19S9, we have had 40 burglaries to date, o-F businesses or <br />houses. In about one-third ot these burglaries, a deg could <br />have been used for tracking purposes. <br />twe could also utilise the dog in large teen drinking parties <br />and crowd control at high school games, and at large events <br />such as Corn Days. <br />Orono Police has had aoprox. 10 drug busts where a warrant <br />had been obtained to go into a house. A dog would have been <br />very use-ful on this type o-f call. We did use Waysata canine <br />at one o-f these calls. <br />There were approx. 20-25 calls where we have assisted other <br />Departments with people that have committed crimes and were <br />running, such as in the case o-f Hillside Drive and Cty. 15 <br />in Waysata this past summer. <br />It should also be noted that when Orono has needed a dog <br />■from other jurisdictions, there has been very long delays <br />be-fore the dog is available. Sometimes i-f the dog is not <br />available -from Waysata, we have needed to ask Minnetonka or <br />sometimes even Minneapolis Police -for assistance, thus <br />causing long delays. We could arrange schedules with ocher <br />Departments such as Mound and Waysata to have a canine <br />available at all times. <br />Orono Police Department has utilised Minnetonka and Waysata <br />canine cars to this area for presentations and Officer <br />Friendly programs. I believe our own canine would be very <br />useful for public r -'ations in cases of this nature. <br />Canine would also be very useful when working nights and in <br />stopping a car with more than one party in it, where you <br />feel you should be more cautious and only one other car <br />available in the jurisdiction. The dog would be like having <br />an additional bac!<-up unit witn you. <br />1 <br />It should also be noted that wnen the Orono dog vjoulci assist <br />other jurisdictions in drug related arrests, and monev or <br />goods are for+exteo to the police departments involved, the <br />Gronc Police Department would get a share of the for-feiture.