New K-9 in Kilgore

KILGORE – The Kilgore Police Department’s newest member is a 1-1/2 year old Belgian Malinois named Drogon, who joined after receiving his final training in Louisiana. According to our news partner KETK, Drogon is a dual purpose K-9, which means we will be able to perform a variety of patrol functions. Among them: building searches, tracking suspects or lost people, sniffing out drugs, handler protection, and finding things that may have been lost or dropped by a suspect. Police say Officer Taylor will be partnered with Drogon and will soon begin his four weeks of handler training. KPD says that Drogon will be a great asset for patrol. He was purchased with forfeiture funds that came from a DEA case conducted on a doctor who was peddling prescription drugs illegally.