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Aug 21, 2006 3:13 pm US/Eastern
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Missing Bomb-Sniffing Police Dog Found Unharmed
by Derek Valcourt
BALTIMORE (WJZ) ―
WJZ.COM has learned the missing K9 officer "Rolf" who has been missing since the weekend, has been found unharmed.
The dog was found early Monday morning by police at the intersection of Reisterstown Road and Cold Spring Lane.
A few months ago, MTA police introduced "Rolf" as one of its first bomb-sniffing dogs. The highly trained German shepherd patrols the MTA system along with his human handler in search of potential explosives. But the 65-pound officer somehow managed to slip away from his handler's home on the 3500-block of Hilton Road in north Baltimore Saturday night.
Police had been in a frantic search for him since.
WJZ'S Derek Valcourt spoke to the dog's owner. "This is like losing a child, it's a family member. not knowing where it is the whole time, worried to death worried to death the whole time." said Donald Paige.
He has a distinct black coat with silver and brown markings. In his right ear is a tattoo that says "J-328."
"They are trained to work in airports, in trains, in subway systems, around a lot of people -- so they are somewhat mild mannered," Jones said. "They are not trained to be protection dogs, they are very valuable -- it takes a lot of time and effort to get these dogs to where they can find explosives."
Officers were begging anyone who comes across Rolf to do call police immediately.
"He's much more valuable to us and the transit administration doing his job, what he was trained to do, than he may be for you as a pet," Jones said.
"This is my partner. i'm very fortunate i get to take my best friend to work with me everyday and it felt kinda bad not to have my best friend with me." added Paige.
MTA police say they expect to have an additional four bomb sniffing dogs like Rolf working on their transit system by the end of the year.
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