Community Support Vital for Kane County K9 Unit Training Amid Rising Waterway Risks The Kane County K9 Unit extends heartfelt gratitude to the Max Muetze and Dustin Hanson families for their generous support and the use of their property for the annual boat and water training. With recent heavy rains causing the Fox River and…
Around noon on Sunday RED Center dispatched The K9 Search and Rescue Strike Team (of which West Chicago k9, Thor and his handler are a part of) . They were dispatched at the request of the Harvard Police Department to aid them in locating a missing child. With almost every resource possible the team headed…
Local K9 Officers with the West Chicago Police Department will be taking part in training on High Street Thursday, March 21st, from approximately 9:00am until 5:00pm. The WCPD want all WeGo residents to be aware of this so when you see extra police cars or groups of officers, do not worry. And a friendly reminder,…
The Carbonara Family [Owners of DuPage Cremeations and Memorial Chapel] and the entire staff at Dupage Cremations and Memorial Chapel have made K9 Kane -a member of the West Chicago Police Department, as well as his handler, very happy and very safe. Thanks to a recent generous donation, Kane’s squad car is now equipped with…
Last Tuesday was the second Tuesday of the month which means it was Explorers Night at The West Chicago Police Department. Last month they hung out with K9 Kane, this time with K9 Mondo. They learned how Mondo and Officer Rigler train, how they work together, how the West Chicago Police Department’s two K9’s differ,…
Another busy day for the K9 and Drone Strike team. In the early morning hours of Sunday, October 16th the team was dispatched by RED Center and requested by the Wheeling Police and Fire Departments to assist in locating a person missing for over 5 hours. After a quick briefing with police our command…
The West Chicago Fire Protection District’s K9 and Drone team joined several other local teams recently to complete training in Oswego. participating Departments were: Village of Romeoville West Chicago Fire Protection District Roselle Fire Department Glenview Fire Department Lockport Township Fire Protection District Hillside Fire Department WeGo’s own K9, Thor and his handler Todd Baseggio …
Early morning of Saturday, September 1, West Chicago’s K9 and Drone Team responded to a team request made by the Glenview Police Department through the RED Center dispatch center to assist in locating a missing juvenile who never came home after school. K9 Thor and his handler, Todd Baseggio from our very own West Chicago…
