One of Nation's Top Police Dogs Works in NoVA

Team placed well in national competition

Prince William County Police Officer William VanAntwerp and his canine partner Hawkeye competed in a nationwide police dog competition last month and brought home a 4th place win.

VanAntwerp and Hawkeye traveled to the United States Police Canine Association’s (USPCA) Police Dog 1 (PD1) National Trials in Detroit Lakes, MN.  The national trials Sept. 18-23 drew the top police K-9 teams from across the U.S. and Canada. 85 teams competed in six events: obedience, suspect search, article search, agility, criminal apprehension, and criminal apprehension with gunfire.

VanAntwerp and Hawkeye placed 4th in obedience. “Their performance at the national trials, and throughout the year, is a fine reflection of the high standards we have for our K-9 Unit,” said Police Chief Charlie T. Deane. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}

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