K-9 Unit
Contact: Sergeant Melinda Cengel
305-593-6699 Ext. 2518
Melinda.Cengel@doralpd.com
The Doral Police Department takes great pride in its K9 Unit because of the proficiency, ability and utility of the animals working in partnership with their handlers. The Department’s K9 Unit is comprised of skilled and talented officers who are tasked with several responsibilities, to include but not limited to, traffic enforcement, K9 presentations at schools and special events, assistance with warrant arrests, bomb searches, and narcotic searches. All K9s are trained to a high level of obedience. They are expected to follow both verbal and hand commands from their handler.
The dogs are able to be placed in a “down stay” position, while the K9 handler converses with the public, yet ready for immediate recall if necessary. Many times our K9 officers are called upon to assist neighboring agencies through mutual aid. Two K9 officers are assigned to the South Florida Money Laundering Task Force (SFMLTF) since two of our dogs are trained to sniff currency. All of our dogs are trained for patrol work as well as certified in other tasks such as explosive ordinance detachment and currency/narcotic detection.