K-9 dogs act as detectives, friends to officers

Mike Ziegler/Senior Staff Photographer

Officer Phillip Smith and his K-9 dog, Brix, stand outside their squad car. Smith and Brix make up the K-9 unit for the Boone County Sheriff's Department.

Nichole Ballard/Senior Staff Photographer

MU Police Department officer Brian Frey and his partner, Enzo, search the area around Faurot Field for explosives before the Furman football game Saturday, Sept. 19. Officer Frey and Enzo have been a team within MUPD since August 2008.