The Picayune Police Department’s K9 division conducts monthly team training at different locations so its K9 teams can work in varied locations and circumstances, according to a department Facebook post.
Each K9 team is required to complete at least 12 training hours per month to remain ready to deploy, the department said.
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The department held its September training session at the school building of St. Charles of Borromeo Catholic Church, which it thanked for providing the location. Joe Phillips of Legacy K9 worked with the department’s decoys on Trea’s bite work. Volunteers Jacob Poole, Matthew Hill and Malana Petree helped with setup and video.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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