Calling all Mountain View residents! Today’s a big day for Nash – he’s having surgery and we’d love for you to send some positive thoughts sent his way. Nash von der Zigeunerkuhle – we just call him “Nash” – joined MVPD in January 2011. He graduated from the Canine Police Academy in December 2010 and is […]
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On Monday, June 1, 2015 at around 3:30pm, Officer Dorene Hansen and her K9 partner, Odin, responded to the 300 block of Burgoyne Street to assist with a narcotics search. During the search of the residence, K9 Odin alerted to 77 grams of cocaine, 5 grams of Psilocybin and 9 grams of concentrated cannabis. Officer Hansen and […]
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This is always very difficult for us to talk about, but we wanted to share with you that one of our retired police K9s, Oles, was put to sleep due to medical issues on Wednesday, April 8, 2015. K9 Oles was born on March 16, 2008 and began his career with the Mountain View Police Department […]
Read More…Odin may be the youngest K9 on the team, but he is certainly one of the busiest. Assigned to Patrol Team 4, Officer Dorene Hansen and her partner, Odin, recently found a suspect who fled from an officer on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at around 9:26PM. While driving along the 1800 block of Villa Street, an officer saw two […]
Read More…The Silicon Valley Beat #012 – MVPD Special Edition With K9 Officer Dorene Hansen and Odin >> Many of you know Officer Dorene Hansen as the amiable, no nonsense go-getter on the streets. But did you know she is also our most senior officer? Find out what that means, plus learn about Larry, the difference between […]
Read More…Our ability to assist the Mountain View community is only as good as the relationships we have with those who live, work and enjoy our City. One such example of this relationship is with local start-up RealScout who invited us to meet their team while at the same time graciously opening up their business to our K9s. Exposing our K9’s to a variety […]
Read More…During a recent search warrant, Zeus managed to locate quite a bit of marijuana, narcotics and cash. As many of you know, Zeus is a narcotic dog assigned to the Santa Clara County Specialized Enforcement Team (SCCSET). Zeus’ primary job is to use his highly trained, Labrador nose to locate illegal narcotics hidden in all […]
Read More…Its been a busy week for all of us including Zeus. He recently dropped to woof it up with our Records Department about a case he’s working on. So, of course, we took a few pics of him (how could be not). Zeus’ total stats are as follows: 1,089 pounds of marijuana 5 pounds methamphetamine 200 ecstasy […]
Read More…On February 19, 2014 at around 10:28PM, Mountain View officers responded to the area of California Street and Rengstorff Avenue on the report of a possible fight involving 8-12 people. A juvenile male was located and identified as the victim stating he was assaulted with a rock by two suspects later identified as 20 year-old Jose […]
Read More…On February 7, 2014 at around 4:00AM, Officer St. Laurent came across a recently unoccupied stolen vehicle located on the 1400 block of Wildrose Way. Its occupants had eluded Officer St. Laurent before he could make contact with them. That’s when K9 Odin, who many of you will recall joined the force in April of 2013, […]
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