Effective January 1, 2024, K9 Shelby will retire as a member of the Grand Forks Police Department.
The Grand Forks Police Department obtained K9 Shelby from the Winnipeg Police Service in August of 2014. K9 Shelby and Sgt. Ebertowski attended and graduated from the Winnipeg Police Service Basic K9 Handlers Course. This challenging course lasted 23 weeks in total, beginning in April 2015. The team is trained and certified in a variety of specialized skills, including tracking, area and building searches, locating discarded evidence, obedience, suspect apprehension, narcotics detection, and much more.
At the time of her retirement, K9 Shelby will be almost 11 years old. K9 Shelby is the longest-working Police K9 in the Grand Forks Police Department’s history. K9 Shelby has been involved in hundreds of deployments throughout her career. Some of the deployments include public demonstrations, illegal narcotic arrests, working with the Grand Forks Regional S.W.A.T. Team, evidence recovery, and apprehending fleeing suspects.
K9 Shelby is being adopted by her long-time handler, Sgt. Ebertowski, where she will live out her remaining days with him and his family. K9 Shelby’s last shift will be December 29.
