K9 Team
Officer Richard Robinson
1997-1999 Englewood P.D started as a reserve officer then went full time
1999-2000 Reserve Officer with McMinn County Sheriffs Office
January 2000 Certified through Tennessee Law Enforcement Academy in Nashville
2000-2001 McMinn County Sheriffs Office
April 2001-Aug. 2001 Deputy with Roane County Sheriffs Office
Aug2001 – May 2005 Corporal with McMinn County Sherrifs Office
September 2003 certified with 10th judicial Methamphetamine task force
March 2004 S.W.A.T. school
2009- 2010 Etowah Police Department
2010-2012 McMinn sheriffs’ office K-9 handler certified
2014-2016 Etowah Police Department Shift supervisor
2020-present Etowah Police Department shift supervisor certified K-9 Handler
K9 Rona
K9 Rona is a Belgian Malinois (pronounced MAL-in-wah), she was born on October 31, 2017. Officer Robinson bought Rona in July of 2020. They then began training for 4 months on narcotic detection. Officer Robinson and K9 Rona were both certified on November 11, 2020. Since then, seized several large amounts of different narcotics along with cash and guns have been taken off the street.
In K9 Rona's spare time she like to chill with her family and be loved on. When on duty she loves to ride around the City of Etowah and meet the citizens and loves visiting Etowah City School to play with the children and be fed treats from the teachers.
In December of 2020 K9 Rona was awarded a stab and bullet proof vest from Vested Interest in K9s Inc. For more information about Vested Interest in K9s you can visit https://www.vik9s.org/.
K9 Rona looks forward to many more years serving the fine city of Etowah!