A police dog, also known as a K-9 is trained to assist police in their duties to search for drugs, explosives, locate missing people, finding crime scene evidence, protecting officers and other people, etc.
They are often assigned to with a specific handler, and must remember several verbal cues and hand gestures. Initial training for a police dog typically takes between eight months and a year, depending on where and how they are trained, and for what purpose. Police dogs often regularly take training programs with their assigned handler to reinforce their training
