Independence has a new K9 team, Belgian Malinois Cairo and Officer Ben Bridges, who are currently undergoing training at Shallow Creek Kennels, a well-known police dog training facility in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania.
The duo began their training this month and are expected to be out on the street in November. Cairo is named after the Navy Seal dog who assisted in the raid of Osama bin Laden’s compound in 2011.
“We’re happy to have [Bridges] there and looking forward to having that new team back in Independence in six weeks in November,” Mayor Chris Reinersman said during a recent council meeting.
