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Kodiak Bear Von Peine is his full name. Kody to his
friends and Police colleagues. Kody was born in Kinnelon,
New Jersey on April 25, 1992. He started training to
be a Police Narcotics Dog at 6 weeks of age. He was
to be the first Police dog in the history of the Riverdale
NJ Police Department. |
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Kody
received his formal training at the Passaic County Police
K-9 Academy under the direction of the Passaic County
Sheriff's Department. At 1 ½ years old Kody was
certified in Narcotics detection. When he's not fighting
crime, Kody appears at local schools, civic events and
churches teaching the dangers of Drug Abuse.
Kody
is a male Rottweiler and weighs in at 150 pounds. In
1998 he met the love of his life, Elsa is her name.
Shortly after meeting Elsa, the couple decided to start
a family. On May 5, 1999 Elsa gave birth to 10 puppies,
five boys and five girls. All but two of Kody's pups
have moved out and are doing great with their new families.
His son Kodiaks Cub "Cubby" and his daughter
Kalispell Montana "Kali" live with Kody and
their handler Captain John Peine and his wife Dawn.
Cubby
and Kali have followed in their dad's paw prints and
are both Police Dogs. Cubby is certified in narcotics
detection and Kali works in search and rescue. Kali
is not utilized as often in day-to-day Police work but
did spend some time at the World Trade Center after
the 9/11 attacks.
K-9
Kody served the Borough of Riverdale for 9 years until
losing an on-going battle with diabetes. Kody was Riverdale's
first police dog in the history of our department. He
not only helped the department in the field of Narcotics
Detection, he also educated the children of Riverdale
in the dangers of using narcotics. His partner was Lt.
John Peine, and will be dearly missed by the entire
department & community of Riverdale. |
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male Rottweiler, Cubby was born on May 5, 1999
in Wanaque, New Jersey. He weighs 135 pounds and is
a certified Police Narcotics Dog. He and Captain
John Peine work for the Riverdale Police Department,
Riverdale NJ. His father is K-9 Kody, Riverdale's first
Police Dog. Cubby received his formal training at the
Passaic County Police K-9 Academy under the direction
of the Passaic County Sheriff's Department. |
Cubby
getting some fresh air |
Kali
is a female Rottweiler. She was born on May 5, 1999
in Wanaque, New Jersey. She weighs 100 pounds and is
trained in search and rescue. Kali was trained to locate
people who are alive and people who have passed away.
Kali and Captain John Peine worked at the World Trade
Center after the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
Kali has recently developed hip problems and has needed
surgery on both of her hips. Kali's doctor George Cattiny
feels that in time Kali will be back to work doing what
she loves. Kali also trained at the Passaic County Police
K-9 Academy. |
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Handler
Lt. Peine with Kali at the World Trade Center site. |
Dugan
is a male black Labradore Retreiver born 2 years ago
in Oneonta, NY. He and Ptlm. Harden trained with the
Morris County Sheriff's Department K-9 unit and are
now a certified Police Narcotics K-9 team. After dedicating
month's to rigorous training, We are proud to have this
new unit to assist not only the Riverdale Police Department,
but any other department in need of a K-9 team, 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week. |
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Ptlm. Patrick Harden our newest K-9 Dugan. |
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