The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office has 1 K-9 Unit: Deputy Troy Wangsness and his K-9 partner “Nitro.” The K-9 Unit is used to track suspects, lost individuals, apprehend suspects, protect the deputy, and locate narcotics. The K-9's squad car is specially equipped to meet their needs.
Duties
The K-9 Unit is required to maintain a high level of skill and continuous training. Some of their duties include the following:
- Community drug education/demonstrations
- Narcotic sweeps of correctional facilities
- Neighborhood drug activity suppression
- Participation in narcotics interdiction efforts
- Recovery of evidence
- School searches
- Service of search warrants
- Street sweeps
- Traffic safety checks