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Tina Fisher Cunningham

Officer Kuhlmann demonstrates how his passive alert drug-sniffing German Shepherd Helden protects him if a person is sneaking up behind him. Officer Bostrom, whose partner is a Belgian Malinois named Fargo, is wearing the protective puffy suit. Five-year-old Helden can smell drugs at great distances and when they are concealed in places like vacuum bags inside axle grease or in laundry detergent. When he finds drugs, he sits down quietly and wags his tail.