K9 Unit

Terre Haute Police Department

Welcome to the Terre Haute Police K-9 Unit! Our K-9 unit was started by former officer, Dan Parker, back in 1995 with his first K-9 named Casio. Casio was a dual purpose German Shepard who worked until he was approximately 10 years old before retiring. During his career Casio had numerous large drug seizures and set the stage for addition of many more K-9’s to the unit. By 2000 our unit had grown with the addition of four more K-9’s named; Schibes, Nero, Cinto, and Cobra. Our unit began to grow and mature yielding thousands of dollars in drug seizures yearly and successfully tracking down numerous felons. Schibes and Cinto were retired recently after serving approximately nine years on the street.  Other recent retired K9's are K9 Cobra and K9 Jerry Lee.  Both of these K9's served our city for several years and were retired due to various health conditions.

      Our current K9's in the unit are K-9’s Jasper, Diesel IV, Shadow and our newest addition K9 Luca.  Jasper is a German Shepard but Diesel, Shadow and Luca are all Belgiam Malinois. All are approximately three to six years old and are advancing in police work as they mature. In 2007 our unit landed the largest drug seizure in Terre Haute’s history, 600 pounds of marijuana from a vehicle. These K-9’s along with their handlers, Sgt. Terry John, Sgt. Todd Haller, Ofc. Brent Long and Ofc. Adam Loudermilk, put in numerous hours of training and street hours to achieve a high rate of success. We are very proud of our officers and their K-9 partners and hope to maintain a high success rate and strong work ethic.

From left to Right:

Sgt. Todd Haller and Diesel, Officer Brent Long and Shadow, Sgt. Terry John and Jasper and Officer Adam Loudermilk and Luca

Contact Information
Sgt. Terry John
K9 Unit Supervisor
Terre Haute Police Department
1211 Wabash Ave
Terre Haute, IN 47807
812-238-1661 ext. 266
terry.john@terrehaute.IN.gov