THE YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE K-9 UNIT RECEIVED NOT ONE BUT TWO AWARDS AT THE ARIZONA HIGH DENSITY TRAFFICKING AREA 2023 CONFERENCE IN FLAGSTAFF YESTERDAY.  

THE FIRST WAS FOR OUTSTANDING INTERDICTION EFFORT OF THE YEAR FOR THE UNIT FOR THEIR WORK ON INTERCEPTING DANGEROUS NARCOTICS ON OUR FREEWAYS. SERGEANTS KRUSE AND STOVER, DEPUTIES CAMACHO AND HARTMAN AND VOLUNTEER DON TRUSTY WERE ON HAND TO ACCEPT THE AWARD. 

FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2022 THE UNIT SEIZED 206.4 POUNDS OF FENTANYL, 162.3 POUNDS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, 25.22 POUNDS OF COCAINE, AND 932.3 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA

ONE MEMBER OF THE UNIT, DEPUTY HARTMAN, RECEIVED THE OUTSTANDING CRIMINAL INTERDICTOR OF THE YEAR FOR HIS WORK WITH HIS K-9 HADDIE THROUGH THE REGIONAL TASKFORCE. FOR THE YEAR 2022, DEPUTY HARTMAN CONFISCATED 544,000 FENTANYL PILLS, 37.8LBS METHAMPHETAMINE AND 297LBS MARIJUANA.