From Portland animal shelter to GCSO K-9 unit—meet Nova, a dog with a nose for drugs
Grant County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Seth Henkel said K-9 Nova’s favorite toy is a tennis ball, which she is rewarded with whenever she completes tasks throughout the day.
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Grant County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff Joey Kreite (left), Deputy Seth Henkel (middle), K-9 Nova and Chief Deputy of Corrections Phillip Coats (right) smile for a photo. Nova is the newest K9 at GCSO and is trained to detect black tar heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl.
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Grant County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Seth Henkel stands alongside the newest member of the sheriff’s office, K-9 Nova. Nova was a stray at the Multnomah County Animal Services before she was found by trainers at Washington State Department of Corrections and chose to be trained as a drug detection K-9.
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EPHRATA — The Grant County Sheriff’s Office has added a new four-legged member to its team. Nova, a nearly 2-year-old German shepherd-terrier mix rescued from a Portland animal shelter, recently completed narcotics detection training and is now working alongside Deputy Seth Henkel as the agency’s newest K-9 team.
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