History

The Montebello Police Department was one of the "First Generation" K9 programs in the Southern California area. This program was started in 1981 through private donations from service organizations and the community . Ostroms Chevrolet, a local car dealer, donated two Chevrolet Nova police cars and two K-9’s were purchased from the money received.

The Montebello Police K-9 Services Unit had an extremely successful beginning and continued to gain popularity and community support. Ultimately the City of Montebello ended up funding the entire unit with no further donations required. Community support increased and after seeing how the Police Service Dogs were indeed an officer/citizen safety factor, a crime reduction factor and cost savings to the city, the city authorized two more K-9 team positions. The K9 Services Unit through the 80's and 90's totaled 4 fully operational K9 teams assigned to a centralized unit within the Field Services Bureau. Currently there are 3 operational K9 teams.

Lineage:

Unit Commanders

* prior K9 handler

Unit Supervisors

* prior K9 handler

Past and present K9 Services Unit Handlers & K9 Partners:

OLD TEAM PHOTO'S

click on thumbnails for full size photo

It is the policy of the Montebello Police Department that no emblems, patches or badges will be traded, sold nor given to any other persons except officers of this agency. Any and all requests for memorabilia will be denied and requests will not be answered.