Officer Randy VanDusen

K9 : Bodie

Officer Randy Van Dusen joined the Sacramento Police Department in 1998. He worked as a patrol officer in the north, central and east areas of Sacramento for over three years. In January of 2002 Officer Van Dusen was selected to join the central sector Problem Oriented Policing (POP) team. During his assignment to the POP team, Officer Van Dusen and his partner, concentrated their efforts on narcotics enforcement, probation and parole compliance, and warrant arrests in the mid-town Sacramento area. Officer Van Dusen is a firearms range master and assists in teaching emergency vehicle operations to police academy recruits.

In January of 2004, Officer Van Dusen was selected as a new member of the canine unit. Officer Van Dusen was teamed with K9 Buck, a ninety pound German Shepherd Dog imported from the Netherlands. K9 Buck retired in 2011 after seven years of dedicated police service.

In November 2010, Officer Van Dusen began training K9 Bodie. K9 Bodie is an eighty pound German Shepherd Dog that was imported from Germany for police work. After two months of training that included obedience, agility, search and suspect apprehension, Bodie was certified as a police canine. Bodie is certified for narcotics detection as well as article searching and tracking. Bodie will replace K9 Buck as one of the police department’s canines that assist the SWAT team during warrant services and high risk entries and searches. Not only is Bodie a hard working police canine, but he is an extremely friendly dog that loves kids. Bodie has conducted several