Team K9-Odor Detection Services PPO 120402

08/28/2026

🐾 SOLD OUT IN UTAH — AND ANOTHER GREAT NIGHT FOR TEAM K9.

Earlier this week, our Utah K9 teams were back at it, helping support the sold-out Noah Kahan show and doing what they do best: quietly working behind the scenes to help keep thousands of people safe.

To our Utah handlers and K9 partners — thank you. You continue to represent TEAM K9 with professionalism, discipline, and pride every time you step onto a property.

And this week was truly a TEAM effort.

A huge thank-you to members of our Southern California Response Team who traveled in to support our Utah operation. When one region needs help, another answers the call. No egos. No borders. Just good people showing up and getting the job done.

That matters to us.

Because behind every sold-out show, every packed venue, and every great night for the fans are hundreds of people working long before the doors open — security professionals, venue staff, production crews, first responders, K9 handlers, and a few four-legged professionals who couldn’t care less who’s on the marquee. 🐕‍🦺

They just know it’s time to work.

To our Utah and Southern California teams: we appreciate you, we’re proud of you, and thank you for taking care of the people who trust us to be there.

Another crowd safely through the doors. Another mission completed.

One TEAM. Multiple regions. One standard.

08/26/2026

National dog day

08/26/2026

THEY DON’T KNOW IT’S NATIONAL DOG DAY.

They don’t know how many people are in the crowd.

They don’t know the name on the marquee.

They don’t know whether they’re working an arena, a festival, an airport, a government facility or an empty building at 3:00 in the morning.

They don’t know about contracts, clients, schedules, headlines or recognition.

They just know it’s time to work.

They put their nose down and go.

They search the places most people never see.

They work before the gates open and after the crowds leave.

They search vehicles. Bags. Buildings. Arenas. Loading docks. Backstage areas. Fields. Warehouses. Aircraft. And sometimes thousands upon thousands of people.

They look for explosives.
They look for fi****ms.
They look for narcotics.
They look for the things we hope they never find.

And when they do their job perfectly?

Usually, nothing happens.

No headline.

No applause.

No one in the crowd even knows they were there.

That might be the greatest compliment a working dog can receive.

For years, these dogs have carried TEAM K9 into places we once could only dream of working.

They’ve stood beside our handlers through long nights, early mornings, freezing weather, triple-digit heat, endless miles on the road and some of the biggest events and venues in this country.

They’ve taught us patience.

They’ve humbled us.

They’ve made us better handlers and, more importantly, better people.

And they’ve trusted us completely.

So today, we aren’t celebrating what we’ve accomplished with them.

We’re celebrating what they’ve given us.

To every working dog wearing a harness today…

To the retired dogs sleeping on somebody’s couch after years of service…

And to the dogs we’ve had to say goodbye to far too soon…

Thank you.

For the searches nobody saw.

For the long shifts nobody applauded.

For the thousands of people who walked through a gate safely and never knew your name.

Today is yours.

Happy National Dog Day. 🐾

— TEAM K9

****msDetection

08/25/2026

There are weekends that remind you exactly why you built the team.

This was one of them.

While most people saw concerts, festivals, stadiums and packed venues, our K9 teams saw something different:

Preparation.
Responsibility.
Long hours.
Thousands of people counting on security teams they may never even notice.

Across multiple states and multiple venues, TEAM K9 was moving.

In Utah, our teams supported Real Salt Lake at America First Field, while another TEAM K9 crew was at Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre for TOTO, Christopher Cross and The Romantics.

From there, our Utah team continued supporting major event operations in Salt Lake City.

Then we headed north.

At Cascades Amphitheater in Ridgefield, Washington, our K9 teams were on site for Muse – The Wow! Signal Tour.

Next stop: Hollywood.

At the historic Belasco Theatre, our Southern California team supported Chris Travis.

And while all of that was happening, another TEAM K9 crew was in San Jose for two full days of Wobbleland at the San Jose Convention Center

Our longtime friend and security partner Ryan T. Of Security Services Group brought TEAM K9 in as his exclusive K9 resource for his valued client.

Friday into Saturday meant two days of sweeps, ingress operations and detection coverage — with Saturday bringing DJ Diesel, aka Shaquille O’Neal, into the building.

Different cities.
Different venues.
Different crowds.

Same standard.

What I am most proud of isn’t the number of events on the calendar.

It is the people wearing the TEAM K9 logo who show up, take care of their dogs, support the venue security teams around them and quietly do the work that needs to be done.

That is what growth is supposed to look like.

Not louder.

Stronger.

More capable.

More trusted.

And still built around local handlers who know their communities and take ownership of the job.

To every TEAM K9 handler who was on the road this weekend — thank you.

You represented the company exactly the way it should be represented.

Detection. Prevention. Protection.

08/21/2026

08/21/2026

Your venue doesn’t need a different face every weekend.

It needs local professionals who know the property, understand the community and genuinely care about the people walking through those gates.

I say it time and time again: local talent belongs at local venues.

TEAM K9 hires homegrown professionals—including former and retired law enforcement, military veterans and highly qualified civilians with strong public-safety backgrounds.

That means our clients see the same familiar, trusted faces returning to their facilities—not a revolving door of unfamiliar handlers.

That consistency builds relationships.
Relationships build trust.
And trust is everything when public safety is on the line.

We believe TEAM K9 is one of the few explosive and firearm detection K9 companies in the country truly built around this local-first model.

To the incredible women representing TEAM K9 across Utah: keep being yourselves. Keep staying true to the mission. Keep protecting your communities with professionalism, confidence and heart.

You aren’t simply working at these venues.

You live here. You serve here. And you care what happens here.

That is why our clients trust TEAM K9—and why we are so proud of you.

****msDetectionK9

08/19/2026

Sometimes you don’t realize what you taught someone until years later, when they hand the lesson back to you.

Yesterday, Giovanni—our first apprentice—sent us a text:

“Will you go look at a dog with me?”

Years ago, Gio was learning the K9 world alongside us. Today, he’s a supervisor working K9 cargo operations at SFO.

The dog he wanted to see wasn’t an expensive imported working dog with a pedigree and guarantees.

He was sitting in a shelter.

His name is Corporal, a roughly 2-year-old Belgian Malinois whose history is largely unknown.

We went to El Dorado County Animal Services in Diamond Springs, brought some toys, spent time with him and tried to evaluate the dog underneath the stress of shelter life.

We saw some sparks.

Gio asked, “What do you think?”

We told him the truth:

50/50.

Maybe Corporal has what it takes to become a detection dog. Maybe he doesn’t.

There are no guarantees.

Gio understood that—and decided to take him anyway.

Because if Corporal doesn’t become a working K9, he still gets to be somebody’s dog.

That’s when this became about something much bigger than evaluating a Malinois.

Years ago, there were a thousand things I hoped to teach my first apprentice about K9s—odor, timing, behavior, handling and trusting the dog.

But one lesson mattered more:

Every dog deserves a second chance.

Yesterday, I realized that one stuck.

That was pretty damn humbling.

The apprentice isn’t an apprentice anymore. He’s become his own K9 professional—and yesterday, I was simply fortunate enough to be invited along for the ride.

Maybe Corporal becomes a detection K9.

Maybe his greatest accomplishment is sleeping on Gio’s couch.

Either way, somebody chose him.

And now Corporal gets his second chance. 🐾

Welcome home, Corporal.

Let’s see where this story takes you.

08/18/2026

🔥 WHAT A RUN. TWO STATES. FIVE MAJOR VENUES. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. ONE TEAM. 🐕‍🦺

The last several days have been a reminder of exactly why we built TEAM K9 the way we did.

While most people see the lights, the stage, the athletes and the artists…

Our teams are working before the gates open, behind the scenes and in the places most people will never see.

From Utah to Northern California, TEAM K9 explosive and firearm detection teams have been on the move:

⚽ America First Field | Sandy, Utah
Real Salt Lake vs. Tigres UANL — international soccer, a packed stadium and another major-event operation.

🎸 Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre | West Valley City, Utah
311 & Dirty Heads
The Black Crowes

🤠 Toyota Amphitheatre | Wheatland, California
Jason Aldean
followed by
TOTO, Christopher Cross & The Romantics

🌴 Shoreline Amphitheatre | Mountain View, California
TOTO, Christopher Cross & The Romantics

🔥 Toyota Pavilion at Concord | Concord, California
311 & Dirty Heads

Different venues.
Different crowds.
Different challenges.
Different teams.

Same standard.

Behind every deployment are K9 handlers loading vehicles, checking equipment, traveling hundreds of miles, working long hours, coordinating with venue security and public-safety partners, screening areas most guests never know exist — and then doing it all over again the next day.

That isn’t glamorous.

That’s professionalism.

And THAT is what I’m proud of.

We didn’t build TEAM K9 to simply put a dog at a gate.

We built a company capable of supporting major concerts, professional sports, festivals, entertainment venues and large-scale public events with experienced detection K9 teams that understand the environment they’re working in.

🐕‍🦺 Explosives Detection
🔫 Fi****ms Detection
🏟️ Stadium & Arena Security
🎸 Concert & Festival Security
🎟️ Large-Scale Event K9 Services

Utah. California. Different cities. Different venues.

One TEAM. One mission. One standard.

To every handler who represented TEAM K9 during this run — thank you.

The dog may be what everyone notices.

The professional standing behind that leash is what makes the operation work.

And we’re just getting started. 🚀

****msDetection

08/10/2026

SIX YEARS. 14 K9 TEAMS. ONE MISSION. ONE TEAM.

This week marked our sixth year supporting Outside Lands in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, Northern California’s largest music festival—and this deployment was a milestone for TEAM K9.

For the first time on this particular assignment, we expanded into overnight K9 operations, providing continuous coverage across day shift, night shift, response operations, and multiple screening locations.

And I’ll say this:

The entire deployment ran like a Rolex watch.

That doesn’t happen by accident.

It happens because of experience. Preparation. Leadership. Trust. And most importantly—the people you choose to stand beside you.

We had 14 experienced K9 professionals come together for this operation. Every person had already been vetted. Every handler understood the expectations. Every team knew that once we hit the ground, titles mattered a whole lot less than the mission.

There is no “I” here.

There is only TEAM.

Day shift. Night shift. Team leads. Response supervisors. Handlers. K9s.

Everyone worked together through long days, overnight operations, changing conditions, audible schedule changes, post movements, credentialing, vehicle screening, artist movements, and everything else that comes with protecting a major music festival.

And nobody missed a beat.

We’re normally working in California heat, so spending the week in 57–62 degree San Francisco weather with Karl the Fog hanging around Golden Gate Park wasn’t exactly a hardship either. 😂

But what impressed me most wasn’t the weather.

It was the professionalism.

Professionalism always shines eventually.

You see it when the schedule changes unexpectedly.

You see it at 2:00 in the morning.

You see it when nobody is watching.

You see it when someone helps another handler without being asked.

And you see it when 14 individual teams operate like one organization.

That is culture.

To our client and partners who continue to place their trust in TEAM K9 year after year: thank you. We understand that trust is earned on every deployment, not inherited from the last one.

To our day shift, night shift, team leads, response supervisors, handlers, and K9 partners:

You absolutely crushed this deployment.

Six years at Outside Lands—and I believe this was one of our strongest operations yet.

Not because of one person.

Because of every person.

Build good people.

Give them standards.

Give them responsibility.

Trust them to execute.

Then get out of their way and watch what a great TEAM can accomplish.

Year Six — Outside Lands 2026. Complete.

Proud of this crew.

Now we keep building.