In midtown, Tucson Medical Center Healths security team is going above and beyond to make people feel safe, with the help of some four-legged officers.

Three dogs and three handlers help make keep the peace.

I look at it as a team," said Thomas Pazos, Security Training Coordinator for TMC Health Security Services. "That's why when you build that bond, they basically become a part of you. My dog knows when she sees me in uniform, she goes, 'Oh, where are we going?'

Pazos has more than two decades of experience training K9s under his belt and now leads TMC Healths security team.

If a hospital is allowing a dog team to be there, it's because they value the safety of their staff. They value the safety of the property, the patients and their visitors," said Pazos.

Pazos says the K9s are tr

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