Defiance Police Department

The Defiance Police Department K-9 program started as an idea from the rank and file of the Defiance Police Department in the fall of 1994. Sgt. Larry Hall, now retired, researched the idea and what it would cost to start the program.

• EOW
• EAGLE 1995–2002 Handler: Steve Gebhart
• **SPONSORED ZEUS 2002–2009 Handler: Steve Waldron EOW - 07/28/2009
• Retired
• **SPONSORED REX 2009-2017 Handler: Mitch McClure
• Current
• MYRKO 2017-Present Handler: Garret Roth

Defiance County Sheriff’s Office

• EOW
• MALEK 2006-2014 Handler: James Scheirer EOW - 2014
• NIKO 1998-?
• **SPONSORED ROWDY 2002-2007 Handler: Aaron Giesige EOW – 2007
• SHADOW 1994-1998 Handler: Ginna Waxler
• Retired
• LB
• LUKKA 2017-? Handler: Josh Flanary
• MAX
• **SPONSORED TAIGA 2018-? Handler: David Stecher
• Current
• ACE 2022-Present Handler: J Hanenkrath
• BARRON ?-Present
• **SPONSORED BEN 2015-Present Handler: Ben Moser
• BOOMER 2014-Present Handler: Adam Shafer
• LUKKA 2017-Present Handler: Josh Flanary
• MARSHALL In Training 2018
• SCOUT Therapy K9 2020-Present Handler: Dana Phipps