Kansas: The Stafford Police Department brags about its newest K9 -- a Pit Bull that was purchased and imported from Mexico

KANSAS -- As the world is reading about 22-year-old Bethany Stephens, who was just mauled to death by her two pit bulls, dogs she'd raised from puppies, the pit bull propaganda machine keeps churning out 'pro pit bull' stories.

Today we've got yet another small town, underfunded police department being given a police dog. No, they're not given a typical police dog - Belgian Malinois or German Shepherd. No, what the Animal Farm Foundation and Universal K-9 do is they cherry pick pit bulls from shelters, give them some basic training and then offer them for free to underfunded, small town police forces.

The police forces, who can't afford their own K9 unit -- typical police-trained K9 dogs can cost $30,000 or more -- willingly take these 'free' Pit Bulls. The Stafford Police Department in Stafford, Kansas, is the epitome of "small town police force" which could never afford to purchase its own trained K9 -- "The Police Department consists of a Chief Of Police, 1 Sergeant, and 2 officers" so of course they willingly accept this 'free' supposedly 'trained' dog -- the only catch is that they don't get a choice in what kind of dog - and of course Universal K-9 and Animal Farm Foundation ONLY OFFER PIT BULLS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

In exchange, Universal K-9 Operations Director Brad Croft and the Animal Farm Foundation (which has nothing to do with farm animals - it's nothing but a pit bull propaganda tool) get to release media stories and photos which gushingly talk about these wigglebutts being perfect for law enforcement. They claim they saved a shelter dog -- when in fact, the ONLY dogs they choose are pit bulls. The lab mixes, the beagle mixes, the german shepherd mixes... none of them are given a second chance at life. These people have an agenda - and it is to push Pit Bulls onto society.

In this case, they didn't even bother to pull a pit bull from a shelter. THIS DOG WAS IMPORTED FROM A GUARD DOG TRAINING FACILITY IN MEXICO.

Kano is from San Antonio, Texas. Kanos first owner Packo is also the owner of Kanos parents. Packo had a dream for Kano to become a Police K9 from the day he was born. Packo moved to San Antonio, Texas and had to get rid of Kano because of the apartment complex he was living in. Packo did not let this stop the dream he had for Kano. At approximately 4 months old, Packo gave Kano to a friend of his at Viva Dog Training in Negras, Mexico (Gave?? More like SOLD). Animal Farm Foundation and Universal K9 were able to locate Kano at this facility. -- from the Stafford Police Facebook page

This article below is nothing but a press release, an agenda-driven article that is pushing Universal K-9 and Animal Farm Foundation's pro pit bull agenda. Why no mention of the thousands of attacks by pit bulls on pets and livestock? Why no mention of the thousands of attacks by pit bulls on children? Why no mention of the thousands of attacks by pit bulls on adults and elderly people? On owners? Why no mention of the death of Bethany Stephens -- by her own beloved pit bulls, dogs she had raised since they were puppies?

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Stafford police officer Kano chewed on his ball after the red nose pit bull assisted in his first drug bust on Monday — finding more than $7,500 worth of marijuana.

It’s the 55-pound puppy’s favorite toy and what he thinks he is searching for. The 1-year-old is unique: saved from the animal shelter and possible euthanasia, has one blue and yellow eye (a trait known in as little as 3.5 percent of dogs) and is the first K-9 pit bull in Kansas, The Hutchinson News reported.

LIES, LIES, LIES. THIS DOG WAS NOT 'SAVED FROM POSSIBLE EUTHANASIA'. IT WAS BRED BY A PIT BULL BREEDER, SOLD TO A TRAINING FACILITY IN MEXICO THAT TRAINS GUARD DOGS. IT WAS THEN PURCHASED AND IMPORTED TO THE USA FROM MEXICO AND HANDED OFF TO THIS SMALL-TOWN POLICE AGENCY WHICH COULD NEVER AFFORD A REAL K9.

He also has an uncanny love for his orange and blue squeaky Chuckit! ball that only another dog would understand. Kano — named after a Mortal Kombat character who also has two different colored eyes — can barely be distracted once he spots his ball.

He sits poised, his muscles showing from his brown and white head down to his paws, watching the ball with his mismatched eyes. With pinned ears, Kano is a menacing sight for any bad guy.

But he’s not a biter, nor is any other pit bull that comes from Universal K-9, a nonprofit organization that trains dogs in San Antonio.

“If they were this vicious great bite dogs wouldn’t the police want them on the force?” Operations Director Brad Croft said. “They are no good at it. They are no good at taking people down. But I will tell you what they are damn good at, (drug) detection.”

Since 2010, Croft said they have trained thousands of K-9s. The organization started as a for-profit but changed to a nonprofit a few years ago to rescue pit bulls that awaited adoption or euthanasia in a shelter.

Instead, Croft and Universal K-9 began to train them for police work. Croft said they look for pit bulls between 12 to 32 months old so departments would get a longer career out of the dog.

"I have always been 'pro-Pit Bull' these dogs are misunderstood" -- Stafford Police Officer Mason Paden states on their official Facebook page

To make the adventure possible, Universal K-9 partnered with Animal Farm Foundation. The foundation advocates for pit bulls and agreed to cover the cost of a handler course. That two-week course costs $2,900 for drug detection or $5,900 for drug detection and tracking.

A trained German Shepherd or Belgian Malinois — the more popular K-9s — can go for over $13,000. But with shelters filling with pit bulls and the foundation paying the fee for the handler course, Universal K-9′s began offering trained pit bulls to departments that couldn’t otherwise afford a K-9.

There are now 52 Universal K-9 pit bulls out on the streets.

“They are there kicking butts and taking names,” Croft said, adding pit bulls usually outwork most other breeds during the training course — as did Kano.

An arrest was made in the Great Bend marijuana bust, and more are expected. No name was released by the Barton County Sheriff’s Office, which called Stafford officer and Kano’s handler, Mason Paden, to assist with the drug bust.

The two have been nearly inseparable since they met at Universal K-9′s handler course from Oct. 16-27. Paden applied to and was accepted for the course supported by the Animal Farm Foundation. The only cost to the Stafford Police Department was travel and lodging.

Paden knew he was getting a pit bull that had been trained by the Universal K-9. But he didn’t know which one. Kano made the decision when he ran out of the cage and at Paden’s feet and became the first certified pit bull K-9 in Kansas’ history, according to the Kansas Police Dog Association and the Heart of America Police Dog Association.

Paden fell in love with the breed after he got Bailee, a brown pit bull mix, seven years ago.

He and Kano usually work the night shift from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the town of fewer than 1,000 residents, making the same laps around the town that “shuts down after midnight.”

K9 HANDLER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND "HAVE A DOZEN PIT BULLS"
Then, they go home to Paden’s girlfriend, Ashley Freidenberger, and about a dozen pit bulls or pit bull mixes. There are five puppies that will go to a home when they mature.

Paden’s father, David Paden, is a detective with the Barton County Sheriff’s Office and a former K-9 handler. Paden had worked with his father’s dogs and grew up around rottweilers. Paden first worked at the department in his hometown of Great Bend where shifts were busy.

“I wish there was more action,” he said. “I still treat it the same.”

Kano is certified to detect marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and ecstasy. In the future, Paden hopes to have Kano trained in tracking as well.

Stafford police chief Doug Brown said the town has had an increase in drugs, mostly marijuana and methamphetamine. He knows Kano will be an asset to the department.

“I am a firm believer of being in the schools. That’s where you will find (the drugs) the fastest in a small town,” Brown said, adding drugs have come in waves in his decades as police chief. “I think there is a major influx right now.”

Click here to read all the slobbering posts from pittie lovers. I don't have the patience to even bother taking screenshots and posting. Except for this one - typical of the responses being posted if anyone says pit bulls are dangerous:

(CJOnline - Dec 13, 2017)