Officer Doug Leonard and K9 Nitro, North County Police Cooperative

Nitro is a 2 year old lab. He was born on April 9, 2013 in Virginia and initially trained as an explosives detection dog but Nitro now has been re-trained in narcotic detection and is a natural. His search drive is tremendous.​ Nitro’s Partner/Handler Officer Douglas Leonard has been in law enforcement for only three years and has been given his dream job! He started with DWI work and that lead him to a great opportunity with Nitro. They are very anxious to get all the drugs they can off their streets.

​Thanks to Beacon Virtual Assistants for donating funds to Dogs on Duty that allowed us to purchase Nitro’s vest, August 13, 2015