Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office dog places sixth in national drug finding competition
Tarrant County Sheriff’s Deputy Ara is a good girl. Now the 4-year-old Dutch Shepherd has an award to prove it.
Ara has been a K-9 officer with the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office for three years, working alongside her handler, J.D. Rubalcaba. And at a recent National Narcotic Detector Dog Association’s competition, she and Rubalcaba placed sixth.
In the competition, each dog and handler had three minutes to find as many drugs as possible placed throughout an obstacle course in the narcotics.
Almost 90 teams competed in that and other competitions, such as treating K-9 heat exhaustion, locating hidden compartments in vehicles and finding and catching suspects.
This story was originally published June 14, 2022 at 6:26 PM.
James Hartley
Fort Worth Star-Telegram