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| Left to Right: Officer Jeff Felt with Gildon; Officer
Jim Donnell with Johnny; Officer Denise Markham with Sadie;
Officer Henry Wilson with Ivan; Officer Bart O'Shea with Greg |
In
2005, the Madison Police Department’s K9 unit expanded to 4 dog teams. Historically, MPD has only had a handful of police service dogs,
usually assigned to the Dane County Narcotics and Gang Task Force. Funding was never available to implement a dedicated, patrol K9
unit. However, in 2004 a
nonprofit organization - Capital K9’s
- was formed by a group of
private citizens for the express purpose of raising funds to support the
implementation of an MPD patrol K9 unit. Thanks to the efforts of Capital K9’s, the department was able
to deploy the first dedicated patrol K9 teams (Officer Donnell/Johnny
and Officer O’Shea/Gregor) in the history of the Madison Police
Department.
In early 2006, Arno retired from active duty
after more than six years of service to the community. Arno passed away
during the summer of 2006, succumbing to prostate cancer. Sergeant Boyd
continues to supervise the K9 unit, and also serves as the K9 unit
trainer. Officer Jeff Felt and his K9 partner, Gildon, were added to the
unit in early 2006.
Officer Henry Wilson and his K9
partner, Ivan, joined the unit in early 2007.
K-9 Unit Supervisors
Victor Wahl
Captain of Police
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Sgt. Chris Boyd
Sergeant of Police
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The Madison Police
Department thanks the following for their support of the K9 unit:
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