{"id":62873,"date":"2026-02-20T16:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=62873"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:42:25","slug":"lpd-k-9-unit-traveled-to-orange-beach-for-the-2026-united-states-police-canine-association-uspca-region-1-canine-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/02\/20\/lpd-k-9-unit-traveled-to-orange-beach-for-the-2026-united-states-police-canine-association-uspca-region-1-canine-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"LPD K-9 Unit traveled to Orange Beach for the 2026 United States Police Canine Association (USPCA) Region 1 Canine Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From February 9\u201312, our K-9 Unit traveled to Orange Beach for the 2026 United States Police Canine Association (USPCA) Region 1 Canine Trials \u2014 competing against 60 handlers from Florida, Alabama, and Georgia in patrol, narcotics, and explosive detection certifications. The 2026 USPCA Region One Field Trials featured a diverse range of events, including obedience, detection, and criminal apprehension challenges. Police K9 teams showcased their skills and expertise as they competed for certification and recognition in these vital areas of law enforcement work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are proud to share the following results<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\ud83c\udfc6\" 1st Place 4-man Department Team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\ud83d\udc3e\" Individual Achievements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Ofc. Ken Vanderpool & K-9 Pantera \u2013 3rd Place Overall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Ofc. Ken Vanderpool & K-9 Pantera \u2013 2nd Place Apprehension<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Ofc. Morgan Mumbauer-Bardwell & K-9 Summit \u2013 5th Place Overall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Ofc. Morgan Mumbauer-Bardwell & K-9 Summit \u2013 3rd Place Obedience<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Sgt. Sean Finney & K-9 Dean \u2013 1st Place Rooms Drug Detection<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Sgt. Sean Finney & K-9 Dean \u2013 7th Place Overall Drug Detection<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Det. Sean Mulderrig & K-9 Dug \u2013 4th Case of the Quarter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you see one of our K-9 handlers, be sure to congratulate them on a job well done! \"\ud83d\udc15\"\"\ud83d\udc99\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From February 9\u201312, our K-9 Unit traveled to Orange Beach for the 2026 United States Police Canine Association (USPCA) Region 1 Canine Trials \u2014 competing against 60 handlers from Florida,… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDJcLzYzOTIwMDEyN185MzM5MDA3NDIzNjA0MzdfNDA1MjAxMzM3MTkzOTM2MDkxMV9uLndlYnA_Zml0PTEwMjQlMkM3MDQmc3NsPTEiLCJ0eHQiOiJMUEQgSy05IFVuaXQgdHJhdmVsZWQgdG8gT3JhbmdlIEJlYWNoIGZvciB0aGUgMjAyNiBVbml0ZWQgU3RhdGVzIFBvbGljZSBDYW5pbmUgQXNzb2NpYXRpb24gKFVTUENBKSBSZWdpb24gMSBDYW5pbmUgVHJpYWxzIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJoaWdod2F5IiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.OJPf8aQhHFzTS4JqFEWONeAXHFlJi3wHUsTtXp5r_XMMQ"},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":62874,"url":"http:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/639200127_933900742360437_4052013371939360911_n.webp","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62879,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62873\/revisions\/62879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}