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Police officers train with stray dogs in San Antonio

Some local stray dogs are getting a new "leash" on life, thanks to a program offered by a local company that trains working dogs for law enforcement agencies.

KSAT 12 News first reported on Universal K9's grant program in 2013, which rescues dogs from San Antonio area shelters, trains them and then turns them over to police departments free of charge.

Monday was the first day of training for a new class of officers, who start the two-week training program run by Universal K9's instructors.

Local company trains shelter dogs to be police dogs

When it comes to finding illegal drugs, weapons, explosives and other contraband nothing beats the nose of a well-trained dog.

While many large law enforcement agencies have several working police dogs, the four-legged officers can be out of reach for smaller departments because of their cost.

Universal K9 is a local business that is trying to fix that problem.

"We train police dogs and military dogs," said Brad Croft with Universal K9. "Traditionally how we do it is we import specific

breeds from overseas that have been pre-conditioned for this type of work."