Top Team Top Dog Top Novice Award Top Obedience & Bite work
LPD couldn’t be prouder of our K-9 team! They recently competed against 75 dog teams at the 2021 USPCA Region 1 Field Trials.
Police K9 competitors from across the state competed and tested for certification in an array of events, obedience and agility, detection and criminal apprehension.
Below are a list of accomplishments at the competition:
1st Place 4-Man Department Patrol Team (Matt & Diogi Top Team Award)
• Chad Whitaker and K-9 Blizzard
• Ryan Back and K-9 Smoke
• Cory Bowling and K-9 Valor
• Ryan McLaughlin and K-9 Aztor
• Preston Chatmon and K-9 Judah (Alternate)
Ron Bowling Sr. “Top Dog” Award
• Chad Whitaker K-9 Blizzard
Roy Parker Top Novice Award
• Preston Chatmon K-9 Judah
Fred Wheeler Award for top combined Obedience and Bitework – • Cory Bowling K-9 Valor
Overall top 20 placements:
• 1st Place – Chad Whitaker K-9 Blizzard
• 3rd Place – Cory Bowling K-9 Valor
• 7th Place – Preston Chatmon K-9 Judah
• 12th Place – Ryan Back K-9 Smoke
Individual Categories:
Obedience:
• 1st Place – Chad Whitaker K-9 Blizzard
• 3rd Place – Cory Bowling K-9 Valor
Search (Boxes and Evidence Recovery):
• 1st Place – Chad Whitaker
• 2nd Place – Cory Bowling
• 4th Place – Ryan Back K-9 Smoke
Apprehension:
• 1st Place – Cory Bowling K-9 Valor
• 3rd Place – Chad Whitaker K-9 Blizzard
• 5th Place – Preston Chatmon K-9 Judah
Detection – Explosives
• Chad Whitaker K-9 Blizzard
• 1st Place Overall Explosives
• 2nd Place Indoor Search
• 3rd Place Outdoor Search
• 3rd Place Inter-Departmental Team
These handlers have worked extremely hard to prepare for this event. They represented the Lakeland Police Department well and carried on the legacy that is the LPD K-9 Unit.