The Edmonton Police Service’s (EPS) canine unit calendars are back for another year.

Every sale helps support the unit – raising about $10,000 a year.

Police service dogs are very important to the EPS.

“They get used every day, multiple times a day,” said EPS Cst. Brad Lebritton, who has been paired with his Belgian Malinois police dog Duco since 2020.

The canine unit works with every patrol division in the city, as well as the tactical and undercover teams.

“The dog’s main job is locating suspects who fled or who are hiding — so if you think of someone who’s committed a break and enter into a business, a compound, a residence, the dogs are used for that. Their noses are a lot more powerful than ours,” Lebritton said.

Duco is now heading into a well-deserved retirement due to a kne

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