| K9 Unit|

In 2017, the Montpelier Police Department, with the help of the public, raised funds to re-establish the MPD K9 Unit. This is a milestone as the last K9 (Logan) to serve Montpelier retired in 1997. MPD received its training from Vohne Liche Kennels located in Denver, Indiana, certifying in the National Odor Recognition Test (NORT), and meeting/exceeding instruction for various other K9 training standards. MPD completed it's initial OPOTA cerrtification for K9 in January 2018.

MPD has continued our successful K9 program and training, now with Magnum K9 (Quincy, MI).

K9 Logan (1996)
K9 Logan served MPD during the 1990's, under handlers Frank Day and Don Brown.

In 2017, K9 Justice, began his career with handler Sgt. Josh Mercer (2017-2020). K9 Justice certified for both patrol and special purpose uses for various facets of policing like tracking, narcotics detection, apprehension, searches, and more.

Sgt. Josh Mercer and K9 Justice (2017)

K9 Justice (served 2017-2021)

K9 Knox (2021)
In 2021, K9 Knox, began his career after receiving his initial training with Magnum K9. Knox loves attention and loves to work! He is a dual purpose K9, trained for narcotics detection, tracking, handler protection, and searches.