{"id":1273,"date":"2018-07-16T12:10:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T16:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safety.utk.edu\/?p=1273"},"modified":"2018-07-16T12:10:28","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T16:10:28","slug":"k-9-confidential-tica-and-corporal-mary-cameron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safety.utk.edu\/police\/2018\/07\/16\/k-9-confidential-tica-and-corporal-mary-cameron\/","title":{"rendered":"K-9 Confidential: Tica and Corporal Mary Cameron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4447\" src=\"https:\/\/safety.utk.edu\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/Cameron-K9.jpg\" alt=\"K-9 Tica\" width=\"225\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/safety.utk.edu\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/Cameron-K9.jpg 500w, https:\/\/safety.utk.edu\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/Cameron-K9-159x300.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>When the UT Police Department introduced its K-9 program five years ago, Corporal Mary Cameron sent her husband a text.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you think about a dog?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSweet,\u201d he responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about a K-9?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOK,\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knew I would be working nights and weekends and he was on board,\u201d Cameron said, noting that the lifestyle change that came with becoming one of UTPD\u2019s first K-9 officers would affect her family as well.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron, a nine-year veteran of the police department, is based in the patrol division and also works special events with Tica, a six-and-a-half-year-old Belgian Malinois. The dog is certified in explosive ordnance detection. She was born in Poland and brought to the United States through Iron Heart High Performance Working Dogs in Shawnee, Kansas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4448\" src=\"https:\/\/safety.utk.edu\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/Cameron-and-dog.jpg\" alt=\"Corporal Mary Cameron and K9 Tica\" width=\"225\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/safety.utk.edu\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/Cameron-and-dog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/safety.utk.edu\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/Cameron-and-dog-155x300.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u201cThe way that society has become, it\u2019s not <em>if<\/em> a bad event happens but <em>when<\/em>,\u201d Cameron said. \u201cTica helps to give a sense of security because she\u2019s good at what she does. Visitors who come to campus say, \u2018I appreciate you for taking care of me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cameron said she has always had an interest in K-9s thanks to her sister, who is a police officer and works for a department that employs them. Watching Tica get excited about her job is rewarding, she said. To Tica, it\u2019s not work, it\u2019s play time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want her to retire never finding anything other than the training aids we place,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>When she\u2019s not working, Tica puts a healthy distance between herself and humans and dogs, especially other female dogs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer personality is \u2018if I get to know you, I\u2019ll decide if I want you to pet me. If not, I won\u2019t let you. It\u2019s on my terms,\u2019\u201d Cameron said. \u201cShe talks in the patrol car all day long. But at home, she\u2019s quiet and she chills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for her name, Cameron isn\u2019t sure what it means. \u201cCrazy child?\u201d she asked with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>In retirement, Tica will likely want to climb on the couch and eat a steak and not get into trouble. For now, she\u2019ll settle for the occasional accidental drop of food on the ground at home, courtesy of Cameron and her husband.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe likes when daddy eats popcorn because he spills popcorn on the floor,\u201d Cameron said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/safety.utk.edu\/police\/2018\/07\/ut-police-department-expands-k-9-program\/\">Learn more about the expansion of UTPD\u2019s K-9 program.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONTACT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lola Alapo (865-974-1094, lalapo@utk.edu)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the UT Police Department introduced its K-9 program five years ago, Corporal Mary Cameron sent her husband a text. 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