{"id":1286,"date":"2018-07-16T15:02:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T19:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safety.utk.edu\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2018-07-16T15:02:34","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T19:02:34","slug":"k-9-confidential-bruno-and-officer-jeffrey-quirin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safety.utk.edu\/police\/2018\/07\/16\/k-9-confidential-bruno-and-officer-jeffrey-quirin\/","title":{"rendered":"K-9 Confidential: Bruno and Officer Jeffrey Quirin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4435\" src=\"https:\/\/safety.utk.edu\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/Quirin-K9.jpg\" alt=\"UTPD K-9 Bruno\" width=\"200\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/safety.utk.edu\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/Quirin-K9.jpg 300w, https:\/\/safety.utk.edu\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/Quirin-K9-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>UT Police Department Officer Jeffrey Quirin helped breed and raise German shepherd puppies on his family property as a youngster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat interested me was training a dog and seeing not only how capable the dog can become but also how it can excel past a human officer given its innate abilities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Transitioning into UTPD\u2019s newest K-9 officer seemed like a natural fit. This spring, Quirin was paired with Bruno, an 18-month-old German shepherd. Bruno joined the three other UTPD K-9s as the department\u2019s first apprehension and drug detection dog.<\/p>\n<p>Bruno was born in Germany, trained in Poland, and brought to the United States by Iron Heart High Performance Working Dogs in Shawnee, Kansas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4440\" src=\"https:\/\/safety.utk.edu\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/Quirin-and-dog.jpg\" alt=\"UTPD Officer Jeffrey Quirin and K-9 Bruno\" width=\"250\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/safety.utk.edu\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/Quirin-and-dog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/safety.utk.edu\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/Quirin-and-dog-176x300.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Having Bruno on the force enhances public safety, said Quirin, who has been with UTPD for two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gives our department and our community another asset to find bad guys, and it allows us to provide a higher level of service,\u201d said Quirin, who is a member of UTPD\u2019s new Strategic Initiatives Unit, a team tasked with addressing unique criminal issues.<\/p>\n<p>As part of his job, Bruno can sniff out drugs, capture a fleeing violent criminal, and protect Quirin in dangerous situations. He also can track missing people or suspects and assist in searches in open fields and in buildings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResolving situations would be much more problematic without the assistance of these types of dogs,\u201d Quirin said. \u201cI enjoy that I get to work with Bruno, and it makes my job more fun. He looks forward to going to work because it\u2019s merely play time for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quirin acknowledged the job could prove to be a difficult one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBruno doesn\u2019t get out of the car for minor things, only major situations generally,\u201d Quirin said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard knowing that I can send him into a situation where he may get hurt or killed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bruno\u2019s name means <em>protection<\/em> in German. \u201cGiven his personality, that was appropriate,\u201d Quirin said.<\/p>\n<p>Because of Bruno\u2019s training, Quirin encourages the public to ask him before approaching and petting the dog. He also recommends that people not stand over or directly behind Bruno and that they approach him only from the front.<\/p>\n<p>When Bruno is not working, Quirin trains with him in new environments and exercises him a lot.<\/p>\n<p>As for Bruno\u2019s weak spot? Food.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe loves anything and everything food. But his reward at the end of a track is hot dogs,\u201d Quirin 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><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Lola Alapo (865-974-1094, lalapo@utk.edu)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UT Police Department Officer Jeffrey Quirin helped breed and raise German shepherd puppies on his family property as a youngster. 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