Salem, Ore. — (July 16, 2021) The Salem Police Department has officially added a new member to the police force, K-9 Shelby. She is unlike any other police service dog the department has ever had—given her floppy ears and propensity to drool. Shelby is a one-year-old bloodhound and the department’s new trailing service dog. The […]
K-9 Course Rehab Successful The Salem Police Department and the Salem Police Foundation held a K-9 Course Rehab Day on June 4. Temperatures of nearly 100 degrees didn’t deter volunteers from preparing the ground, building and painting the course structures that help prepare our K-9 officers for work in our community. A big thank you […]
In the 20 months since the Salem Police Foundation received a grant to allow Salem Police to acquire a replacement police dog, three-year-old K-9 “Baco” has become an integral part of the police department and the K-9 unit. His contributions were never more obvious than they were on the night of May 9, 2014. That’s […]
