K-9

A Gary corporal and police dog are being hailed as heroes after locating a missing girl by tracking her scent.

A procession and memorial service took place Wednesday in remembrance of Plainfield Police Department K-9 Kody who recently died from cancer.

Many K-9s deployed overseas as part of a State Department program intended to help partner countries detect and prevent terror attacks suffer or die from neglect by their foreign handlers, according to a report from the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General.

Thirty-one hours after a real estate salesman was killed inside a model home in a new community in Hanover, Maryland, Anne Arundel County police announced a teenager had been taken into custody for the murder.

A Santa Ana police dog was getting a lot of love and affection on Tuesday as he underwent surgery on his jaw after he lost teeth biting a wanted parolee after a chase.

A 16-year-old boy is facing burglary charges after police followed his footprints in the snow to an open window in west suburban Montgomery.

Police apparently chased a U-Haul truck driver through two states Wednesday night before the vehicle was finally pulled over in Chicago.

Police in Rockford say a 3-year-old child was shot during a home invasion and they’re searching for a suspect.

Marion County Sheriff’s Office say a detective found a wanted John Stephens at his central Florida home Monday.

Federal agents on Tuesday joined K-9 units and helicopters combing a rural community near the North Carolina coast where a 3-year-old girl disappeared after being put to bed, NBC News reported. The disappearance of Mariah Kay Woods prompted a statewide Amber Alert and authorities to search wooded areas in Jacksonville where the family lives, including the grounds of Camp Lejeune,...

The volunteers tasked with searching for 3-year-old Sherin Mathews say they believed they would be able to bring the little girl home.

A state police trooper accidentally killed his K-9 partner when trying to protect it from a pit bull attack during a search of a New York residence. Police say troopers were helping the Lewis County sheriff’s office search a residence in the eastern Adirondacks late Monday when the pit bull ran out of the house and began attacking Trooper Shaun...

Police in Bakersfield, Calif. arrested a black teenager after she was mistaken by officers for a 30-year-old black man they were looking for, according to police reports and the teen’s account. In a video posted to Facebook, Tatyana Hargrove says an officer punched and then pinned her down as a police dog bit her leg just moments after she insisted...

A child-sized coffin turned up in the middle of a North Philadelphia street with the organs of a small child or infant inside.

A Florida man spent 90 days in jail after police officers who stopped him for driving without headlights said white powder found in his car was cocaine.

Chicago police leadership say using deadly force should be a “last resort” in a conflict, a policy the district aims to emphasize in its new set of guidelines announced Wednesday.

The Chicago Police Department unveiled new “use of force” policies on Wednesday that the department hopes will transform them into a “model police agency.” NBC 5’s Ash-Har Quraishi reports.