Hero police dog K-9 Ruger followed his nose to rescue a missing autistic teen in Jacksonville, Florida, after the boy ...

Police dogs, often referred to as K9s or K-9s, are specially trained to assist law enforcement officers in tasks ranging from tracking suspects and detecting narcotics to locating missing persons.

Police officers in Louisville, Kentucky, who were searching for a missing 3-year-old got help from an unexpected hero: a neighborhood dog, who helped lead them to the missing boy. The search and ...

A barking neighborhood dog became an “unexpected hero” when the canine led police officers straight to a missing 3-year-old boy during a search for the Kentucky toddler, authorities said. In a Monday, ...