About Lauderhill

Located in the heart of Broward County, the City of Lauderhill is home to nearly 75,000 residents and a growing number of bustling businesses that help drive the region’s economy. Known for its diverse cultural richness and welcoming community, this All-American City is less than 10 miles from South Florida’s world-famous beaches. The city proudly holds the title of the “cricket capital” of the United States, thanks to Central Broward Regional Park Stadium—the first U.S. cricket ground certified by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to host international matches. This landmark venue has become a hub for cricket in North America, drawing major international events and helping to grow the sport’s popularity across the region. The city is also popular for arts and recreation, featuring signature destinations like Lauderhill Performing Arts Center, Lauderhill Historical Museum, Lauderhill Golf Course and several scenic parks with picturesque trails. With a strong focus on people, progress and sustainability, Lauderhill continues to be a vibrant place for everyone under the sun.

Chief's Message - June 23, 2020

Post Date:07/21/2020 11:05 AM

One of the key branches to our Lauderhill Police Department is the Canine Unit. Canine school is 480 hours, which is required by Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) to become a certified Canine Team (K-9). After graduating from Canine School, teams are required to re-certify once a year. 

We not only train our canines to be certified by FDLE standards, but we also require additional certifications from respected canine associations. Some of the certifications that our canines have attained are North American Police Work Dog Association (NAPWDA) and Florida Law Enforcement Canine Association (FLECA). These certifications are not required by FDLE, but they are excellent to have.

Aries and Kane are two of our four-legged and tailed K-9s. They are both certified in Canine Apprehension, but Aries also carries a Narcotics certification for such investigations. Kane and Aries have played critical roles for the K-9 units and the LPD as a whole.

K-9 Aries locating the officer hiding inside of a work truck bucket during training under a bridge along intercostal waterway. K-9 Aries locating the officer hiding inside of a work truck bucket during training under a bridge along intercostal waterway.

During training we try to expose our dogs to every type of scenarios that we believe the suspects would attempt to hide from our dogs. This pic is K-9 Aries locating the bad guy hiding inside of a work truck bucket. We conducted an area search over two blocks using a grid search pattern and into the wind. This helps Aries with picking up the suspect’s odor. 

K-9 Aries at backside of a bus with blue seats with handler near front Canine handler stands outside of doorway of a blue bus leading dog down steps.

K-9 Aries searching the bus for any possible suspects. Everything gets checked during any search we do, whether it is in training or on patrol.

K-9 Aries bites officer in training at a lot beside intercostal. Officer Griffith in a suit for canine training, allowing dog to bite him arm while being handled by another handler in a grassy lot.

Left: K-9 Aries gets the bite after locating the bad guy and the bad guy not complying to verbal commands to surrender. Right: Officer Griffith decoying for another canine handler.

Officer Griffith and K-9 Kane sit at bow of a boat.K-9 Kane on boat chewing on a toy with handler Officer Griffith. 

Left: K-9 Kane is on a boat that is taking him to another location for a deployment. We try to expose our dogs to this in case we might have to use a boat to get to another location to search for a suspect and this is our only means of transportation. Right: K-9 Kane returning back from his canine deployment from the boat. K-9 Kane being rewarded for doing a great job!

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