As the state begins to roll out recreational marijuana, nearly 400 police K9s across Ohio trained to detect pot could soon face an early retirement.
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Craig Heintzelman is the sole K9 officer for the Miami Township Police Department. He works with three different K9s, including two drug detection dogs, Gator and Seeker. The newest of the group is 1-year-old Seeker.Heintzelman said that after voters approved a measure to legalize recreational marijuana in Ohio, the department made the decision not to train Seeker to detect the smell of marijuana.But that created challenges for 12-year-old Gator, who's trained to find marijuana.
“He can go into a school and not cause any problem on the road with the changes in the marijuana law. We can use him in a school to keep them drug free,” said Heintzelman.
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