Meet the newest members of the RCMP police dog service
Posted May 13, 2017 2:17 pm.
Last Updated May 13, 2017 2:20 pm.
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Kaos, Kazoo and Koda are just three of the 13 new members of the RCMP.
The force unveiled the 13 names selected as part of a nationwide contest to name the puppies recently born at the Police Dog Service Training Centre in Alberta.
The RCMP says close to 21,000 names were suggested from children across every province and territory in Canada.
The winning entries – which all had to start with the letter K – were:
Kage – Andrew Chin from Richmond, B.C.
Kai – Lexi Blandford from Yellowknife, N.W.T.
Kammo – Mia Sharpe from Leduc, Alta.
Kaos – Evan Bambury from St. John’s, N.L.
Karma – Layla Crouse from Lunenburg, N.S.
Kate – Joey Argento from Montreal, Que.
Kato – Joseph Knutson from Prince Albert, Sask.
Kaya – Audrey LeBlanc from Beresford, N.B.
Kayla – Kally Penner from Winnipegosis, Man.
Kazoo – Stefano Giordano from Toronto, Ont.
Knight – Aiden Murnaghan from Donagh, P.E.I.
Koda – Rorie Bundt from Dawson City, Yukon
Kullu – Nallinniq Kiguktak from Grise Fiord, Nunavut
The 13 winners each received a laminated 8 x 10 photo of the puppy bearing their name, a plush dog named ‘Justice’ and an official RCMP baseball cap.
The RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre is the training centre for all RCMP police dog teams in Canada. Ninety-four percent of the German shepherds working today as RCMP service dogs were born there as part of the RCMP Police Dog Breeding Program.
