Two Morris County Sheriff's Office Detectives And Their K-9 Partners Graduate Explosives Detection Training Course
Published on June 17, 2019
Two Morris County Sheriff's Office Detectives and their K-9 partners have graduated from intensive, 12-week explosives detection training conducted at the New Jersey State Police Canine Training Academy.
From left, Morris County Sheriff's Office Detective Sergeant Aaron Tomasini, Detective Phil DeLuca with K-9 Kaboom, Detective Captain Gerald Pennino, Detective Lieutenant Mark Chiarolanza and Detective David Marshall with K-9 Chip.
Sheriff's Office K-9 Unit Detectives Phil DeLuca and Dave Marshall, and their respective K-9 partners Kaboom and Chip, successfully completed what is called the Scent Class.
They participated Friday, June 14, in a graduation ceremony attended by State Police Colonel Patrick J. Callahan at the New Jersey Forensic Technology Center in Hamilton Township.
The Morris County Sheriff's Office K-9 Unit, with three dogs fully trained and certified in explosives detection, is part of the New Jersey Detect and Render Safe Canine Task Force, a collaborative team of State Police and local K-9 Officers who assist in statewide canine deployments for homeland security and infrastructure checks.
Morris County Sheriff's Office Detective David Marshall with K-9 Chip.
So far in 2019, the K-9 unit has responded to a total of 429 calls for a multitude of requests.
The graduations of Detectives DeLuca and Marshall and their dogs after the specialized training further strengthens what already is a first-class unit for protecting lives, Morris County Sheriff James M. Gannon said.
Morris County Sheriff's Office Detective Phil DeLuca with K-9 Kaboom.
The graduations are great. We want to remain part of the Task Force, which is a combined effort to keep people safe, said Detective Sergeant Aaron Tomasini, who runs the Morris County Sheriff's Office K-9 Unit.
The K-9 Unit is comprised of eight officers who handle 11 dogs, including Sigmund who is trained in explosives detection.
Detectives DeLuca and Marshall previously were certified with canines for patrol and narcotics detection duties. The explosives detection K-9 teams work in tandem with the Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad.