PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Police Department is getting closer to having 24/7 coverage with its K9 program.

“Our goal is to have a dog working every day, almost 24 hours a day, but we’re not quite there,” said Officer Whitney Fairbanks, the coordinator of the program. “Four within Port Angeles would get us close to that 24-hour goal.”

In addition to Fairbanks, who works with K9 Copper, the department has Officer Lilliana Emery, who works with K9 Solo, and Officer Kenneth McKnight, who works with K9 Freddy.

“I was selected back in October and just finished up with my dog Freddy last month,” McKnight said. “As a new handler, I’m required to do 400 hours with a dog, and to get certified with the state, I had to go through 200 hours, which included obedience and control work, human sce

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