Hello! my name is
Riggs
K9 Riggs joined the team in 2022 after coming to us from a kennel in Connecticut, and he quickly proved he was made for the job.
During his career, Riggs had some incredible finds and tracks. Among the highlights: locating 11 pounds of methamphetamine, 1,200 fentanyl pills and two stolen firearms, and 2.2 pounds (one kilo) of powdered fentanyl. He assisted the Drug Task Force on multiple cases involving more than a pound of narcotics at a time and spent countless hours deployed alongside SWAT, including multiple callouts lasting more than eight hours.
Some of Riggs’ best work came when there was a person to find. After one pursuit, he tracked a suspect for four miles and located him. On another track down the side of a mountain, he managed to break his handler’s ankle along the way — but the two still found the bad guy. He also successfully tracked a suspect through multiple backyards in downtown Loveland and located him. On the same night as his first live apprehension, Riggs also helped locate another half-pound of methamphetamine.
Riggs: Adjusting to Retirement
After a career spent finding drugs, guns, and bad guys, retirement looks a little different. These days, Riggs is incredibly sweet and prefers following his person everywhere, annoying his brother, pestering the cats, and stealing squeaky toys every chance he gets.
K9 Riggs gave everything he had to the job, and now he’s enjoying the retirement he earned — one stolen squeaky toy at a time. 🐾
