Century Correctional K-9 Unit Places 2nd, Escambia Road Prison 6th, In Southern States Manhunt Competition

October 17, 2014

The Century Correctional Institution K-9 Unit placed second in the multi-leash division in the recent Southern States Manhunt Competition, while the Escambia County Road Prison placed sixth overall. Less than five minutes separated the first six places.

The multi leash division consists of more than one K-9 being utilized to track a suspect with the teams ranked by the amount of time that it took to capture the suspect. A total of 29 K-9 teams from Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas participated in the event hosted by the Escambia County Road Prison.

The Florida Department of Corrections has 38 K-9 programs statewide which are used to support law enforcement agencies with felon apprehension, locating missing persons and locating and providing aid to persons in distress. In Fiscal Year 2013-2014, the Department’s K-9 tracking teams were deployed 710 times.

Pictured: From Century Correctional Institution – Major K. Carter, Officer J. Sanders, Officer K. Reaves, Officer D. Smith, Officer J. deGraaf, Sgt. B. Townson, Asst. Warden L. Marinin, Warden D. Sloan and Major D. Dunlap. Pictured below: Escambia County Road Prison officers during the competition. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.



Comments

7 Responses to “Century Correctional K-9 Unit Places 2nd, Escambia Road Prison 6th, In Southern States Manhunt Competition”

  1. Luvmyboys on October 18th, 2014 8:34 am

    Great job!!

  2. Matt on October 17th, 2014 10:10 pm

    Great job Century C.I.!

  3. Elliott on October 17th, 2014 7:09 pm

    I am so proud of you guys,keep up the good work.

  4. Jules on October 17th, 2014 5:03 pm

    It’s all about teamwork!!! Congrats Century CI

  5. traumaqueen on October 17th, 2014 8:46 am

    Great jobs gentlemen. Keep up the great things you do.

  6. No Excuses on October 17th, 2014 8:36 am

    Congratulations!

  7. Ponch on October 17th, 2014 8:22 am

    Great job, guys!

    Props to the four-legged fellas too!

    Congratulations!

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