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By Tina Fisher Cunningham
Fisher Forde Media 

CHP Open House

The Forde Files No 128

 

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.

The California Highway Patrol Mojave Station (Mojave Area/Inland Division) opened its spacious two-year-old facility at 1313 Hwy. 58 (not the weigh station at Cache Creek) to the public on Aug. 6, 2016. Officers were on hand to answer questions and demonstrate their tools, including less lethal shotguns, tasers, drug-sniffing dogs, car seat education and impaired driver education. Lt. John Williams is commander of the Mojave Area, which is recruiting men and women between the ages of 15 and 21 to become CHP Explorers and learn police work through training, competitions and traffic control. Applications are being accepted at the Mojave office.

Tina Fisher Cunningham

Kyla Moore, 8, of Mojave checking out Lancaster-based Sgt. M. Morrin's service Harley-Davidson.

 
 

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