Scent Evidence K9

06/17/2025

Scent Evidence K9 Partners Reach 900 Find Milestone! 2 Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office K9 Teams located 4 boating incident subjects to help our partner agencies surpass the 900th scent discriminate K9 find achievement. Read the article at the link below to see highlights from the top performing K9 Teams across the US that helped us get here! Charlotte County Sheriff's Office Orange County Sheriff's Office, Florida Senior Resource Alliance - SRA Florida San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Brunswick County Sheriff's Office, NC St. Johns County Sheriff's Office Escambia County Sheriff's Office

Scent Evidence K9 Partners Reach 900 Find Milestone! 2 Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office K9 Teams located 4 boating incident subjects

06/17/2025

The Bedford County Emergency Management Agency hosted an advanced scent discriminate K9 trailing seminar for area EMA K9 Teams and responders in May to enhance their search capabilities to locate missing and wandering persons. Bedford Co EMA handler and Assistant Director Tammy Anderson, along with Bloodhound partner, K9 Bruno, worked on their advanced scent collection techniques and K9 trailing skills during the 3-day scenario-based seminar with Scent Evidence K9 CEO, Paul Coley. K9 Handlers and responders from Metro Moore County EMA, Franklin County EMA & Rescue, TEMA, and Vanderbilt PD also attended the seminar to build their missing person response capabilities. Bedford County Emergency Management Agency Metro Moore County EMS Franklin County EMA & Rescue Tennessee Emergency Management Agency

Shelbyville, TN (May 20-22, 2025) – The Bedford County Emergency Management Agency hosted an advanced scent discriminate K9 trailing seminar

06/13/2025

Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office K9 Team Uses Scent Kit to Help Locate Boat Theft Suspects! Cpl. Mills and K9 Rico responded to help locate 2 boat theft suspects on May 30, 2025. The suspects had removed the boat from the dock, floated away with it, then bailed out and fled on foot. Cpl. Mills used a Scent Evidence K9 Scent Kit to collect a scent article from a life vest that one of the suspects had worn and left behind. Mills presented the scent jar to K9 Rico and began trailing from the place where the suspects were last seen. Rico quickly determined the suspect’s direction of travel and continued through multiple yards to a residence. Cpl. Mills requested units to check and see if the suspects were inside. The units responded and located the suspects. This was Find #900 by our Scent Evidence K9 partners across the country!

Cpl. Mills and Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office are long-time Florida Bringing The Lost Home partners and their K9 teams have trained with Scent Evidence K9 for many years. Great Trail Cpl. Mills and K9 Rico and Thanks to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office for their commitment to creating a safer community. To learn more about how Scent Kits are used in scent discriminate K9 trailing visit ScentEvidenceK9.com

06/12/2025

All In A Day’s Work for K9 Wyatt! Orange County Sheriff’s Office Bloodhound Team Locates 3 People in 1 Day! Dep. Angela Keller and K9 Wyatt responded to a call regarding 2 missing hikers on 6-6-25. The hikers had gone for a walk in the woods at a Florida State Park and couldn’t find their way back to the trail. Dep. Keller and K9 Wyatt, a Scent Evidence K9 alumnus, began their search at the nearest trailhead and continued into the woods. Keller soon noticed a change in Wyatt’s behavior and asked the dispatcher who was speaking to one of the hikers if they could blow a whistle that they were carrying. The hiker blew the whistle and sure enough, Dep. Keller and K9 Wyatt were 20 ft. away from them. Wyatt gave a positive alert when he reached the hikers. The OCSO Bloodhound Team trailed .5 miles in 40 minutes for the find.
A few hours later, Dep. Keller and K9 Wyatt responded to help locate a suspect with drug paraphernalia after a foot pursuit with Deputies. Wyatt began trailing from a house where the suspect was last seen running away. They trailed along a fence line that backed up to an empty overgrown lot and continued to an area where there was a downed fence. Once past the fence K9 Wyatt began pacing back and forth in front of a duplex. Keller advised Deputies to contact the occupants. Keller was then advised that neighbors had seen the suspect running around the duplex trying to get in. Deputies made contact at the door with a female who confirmed the suspect was inside. He was secured and arrested.
Orange County Sheriff’s Office has been a Florida Bringing The Lost Home Partner for many years. The agency received K9 Wyatt through a donation by The Senior Resource Alliance in Orlando and the Superstar Bloodhound Team has worked up an impressive list of dozens of missing person recoveries and suspect locations. Dep. Keller and Wyatt also placed 1st in the Scent Evidence K9 2024 Top Dogs (and Handlers) Recognition for the most successful K9 searches by SEK9 teams in the US. Great Trails Dep. Keller and K9 Wyatt and thanks to Orange County Sheriff's Office, Florida and Senior Resource Alliance - SRA Florida for their commitment to creating a safer community! To learn more about scent discriminate Bloodhound trailing visit ScentEvidenceK9.com

06/12/2025

Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office K9 Team Locates 2 Subjects Who Fled from Boat After Crashing into Ferry! Cpl. Steven Sella and K9 Maverick responded to help locate 2 subjects who left the scene after their boat crashed into a ferry that was actively crossing. The subjects entered the water and swam to shore after crashing their 24-foot boat into the ferry. The subjects then fled on foot through nearby residential properties. Cpl. Sella used a life preserver as the scent article and deployed K9 Maverick, a patrol dog that has also been trained using the Scent Evidence K9 scent discriminate trailing program. K9 Maverick trailed through several residential yards and then began pulling toward dense palmetto bushes near the ferry entrance sign. Sella used a verbal K9 announcement, and the 2 subjects emerged from concealment. They were detained without incident.

Cpl. Sella and Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office are long-time Florida Bringing The Lost Home partners and their K9 teams have trained with Scent Evidence K9 for many years. Cpl. Sella’s hard work and commitment to trailing excellence earned him our Master Handler Certificate. Great Job Cpl. Sella and K9 Maverick and Thanks to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office for their commitment to creating a safer community. To learn more about scent discriminate K9 trailing visit ScentEvidenceK9.com

06/09/2025

K9 Galli Uses Nose to Find 2 Missing Runaway Youths and 1 Suspect! Rockland County Sheriff’s Ofc. Brian Neary and K9 Galli, a Scent Evidence K9 Bloodhound alumnus, recently located double missing runaways and 1 suspect.
The New York Bloodhound Team responded to an apartment complex where the missing juveniles were last seen. They were reported to be in an upstairs apartment while they were charging their iPad. When the juveniles saw the police, they ran out of the apartment and down the hallway to the other side of the building. Officers checked the complex and grounds with negative results. The lead detective stated that the youth’s iPad was still connected to the apartment’s Wi-Fi, showing a 50-meter radius around the building. Ofc. Neary collected a scent article from the couch they were sitting on using a Scent Kit and the absorption method. K9 Galli trailed the scent down the stairs, checked both first floor exterior doors, then continued to the basement. Neary and Galli began working back and forth between 2 sets of storage containers in the basement. K9 Galli shoved her nose under a door and began sniffing the door jamb of one of the units. K9 Galli then alerted on the door and the 2 juveniles exited. K9 Galli then alerted on the second youth. The trail was 4 hours old and all indoors.

K9 Galli also located a suspect who crashed, jumped out of the vehicle, and ran after a failure to comply. On arrival at the scene Ofc. Neary collected a scent article using a Scent Kit and the absorption method from the driver’s seat. K9 Galli trailed just over a mile through urban and wooded areas towards a major roadway. 100 yards from the road, the Rockland County Bloodhound Team was advised that the suspect had exited the woods. K9 Galli continued trailing to the suspect and alerted for the ID. The trail took 1 hour and 32 minutes.

The Rockland County Sheriff’s Office Bloodhound Team have multiple missing person finds and suspect locations since completing their training with Scent Evidence K9 in Tallahassee. Great Trailing Work Ofc. Neary and K9 Galli and thanks to the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office for their commitment to creating a safer community. To learn more about scent discriminate Bloodhounds like K9 Galli visit ScentEvidenceK9.com Rockland County Sheriff's Office

06/07/2025

K9 Galli News! We are honored to have trained this amazing Bloodhound.

06/06/2025

La Verne Police Dept. (CA) Bloodhound Handler Receives Master Handler Certificate! Ofc. Alan Weinreb and K9 Tupelo were recognized for their outstanding scent discriminate K9 trailing deployments. The California Bloodhound handler has many successful missing person deployments to his credit since completing scent discriminate training with Scent Evidence K9 in Tallahassee. “Ofc. Weinreb and K9 Tupelo have done an incredible job of finding missing people with dementia and disabilities. We are honored to recognize them for the exemplary work they do to keep their community safe and bring the lost home,” stated Scent Evidence K9 CEO, Paul Coley.
Congrats to Ofc. Weinreb and K9 Tupelo for their commitment to excellence and achieving the Master Handler Certificate! Thanks to Dep. Gabe Jasso (San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dept.) for presenting the award for us. To learn more about scent discriminate Bloodhounds and handler training visit ScentEvidenceK9.com La Verne Police Department

06/06/2025

K9 Cleo Helps Locate Missing Runaway Youth! Officer Thomas McGeshick and K9 Cleo of the Sokaogon Chippewa Community Police Dept. used their scent discriminate trailing and scent collection skills to help locate a missing youth in Wisconsin. The runaway youth ran into the woods after being spotted by law enforcement. Ofc. McGeshick used The SEKR Scent Evidence Vacuum to collect a scent article from the youth’s residence and deployed K9 Cleo. Cleo trailed .2 miles, and a Forest County located the missing youth half a mile ahead of their trail. K9 Cleo continued trailing to the location where the youth was waiting in a patrol car to be transported home.

The Sokaogon Chippewa Community Police Dept. was awarded The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities grant in 2024. The grant provides Scent Discriminate K9 Trailing, Response Protocol training, Scent Kits and Scent Collection Technology, and Community Awareness to K9 Teams, first responders, and community organizations. To learn more about how Bloodhounds like K9 Cleo are trained to locate missing persons visit ScentEvidenceK9.com Mole Lake Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Forest County Potawatomi Community

06/05/2025

Future K9 Lifesavers Visit City Church Kids Camp! The Scent Evidence K9 Team took our 8 Bloodhound pups to visit the 400 kids at the City Church Kids Camp on Wednesday. Kids love cuddly Bloodhound pups, and the pups love them right back! The trip also serves as an important part of the pup’s socialization as they enter their final 2 months of scent discriminate training. The Bloodhound pups will all be going to agencies across the country to help find missing persons and bring the lost home. Thanks to City Church and all the kids for the awesome time! To learn more about Bloodhound pups and how they are used to locate missing persons visit ScentEvidenceK9.com City Church Tallahassee

06/02/2025

California Bloodhound Gets 4th Find in Less Than a Week! K9 Keva and Dep. Gabe Jasso of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dept were called in to assist in locating a critical missing adult on 5/31/25. He had gotten into an argument with his son, turned his phone off, and left the residence.

K9 Keva quickly got to work trailing away from the residence and south down a major city street. Keva continued to give a strong consistent pull south where deputies went ahead and located the missing person. The missing person was very happy to see Keva and was reunited with his family shortly thereafter. The trail was 2.11 miles long and Keva’s fourth find in less than a week. Earlier in the week, Dep. Jasso and Keva located a missing 5-year-old and 2 missing elderly persons.

“Dep. Jasso utilized his advanced scent discriminate response protocol training to determine the direction of travel of the missing individual and helped put search responders in the right location to find the missing person quickly,” stated Scent Evidence K9 CEO, Paul Coley.

Great trailing work Dep. Jasso and K9 Keva and thanks to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dept. for their commitment to creating a safer community. To learn more about scent discriminate Bloodhound trailing visit ScentEvidenceK9.com San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department

05/31/2025

K9 Keva Finds 2 Missing Elderly Persons in 2 Days! San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dep. Gabe Jasso and K9 Keva, a Scent Evidence K9 alumnus, responded to help locate an 81-year-old critical missing person on 5/28/25 with onset dementia. The person had been missing for 3.5 hours when the California Bloodhound Team arrived on scene. The caretaker had last seen the missing man in the courtyard of the care facility. Dep. Jasso collected a scent article from the man’s clothing and presented it to K9 Keva who picked up the trail quickly. Keva trailed .25 miles to a nearby 7-11 indicating that the scent had been inside the building. As they were getting ready to redeploy, the missing man came around the corner and asked if they were looking for him.

2 days later they were called to assist in locating an 85-year-old missing critical person in Redlands. The temp throughout the day was topping 103 degrees. At the time of deployment, the temp was 96 degrees, and the man had been missing for 3 hours. He had gone for his daily walk that usually takes under an hour to do and never returned home. Keva trailed the missing person’s scent for .5 miles to a ravine that the man had fallen into and couldn’t get back up. After a quick medical check, he was reunited with his family.
This is Find #44 and #45 for the superstar California Bloodhound Team and their 3rd in less than a week. Earlier in the week, Keva and Jasso located a missing 5-year-old on National Missing Children’s Day. K9 Keva has been locating missing persons and suspects since completing her scent discriminate trailing training at our Tallahassee headquarters in 2022.

Great Trail and congrats on Finds #44 and #45 Dep. Jasso and K9 Keva! Thanks to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department for their commitment to creating a safer community and Bringing The Lost Home! To learn more about scent discriminate Bloodhounds like K9 Keva visit ScentEvidenceK9.com San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department