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Kitsap's newest police dogs not being trained to find marijuana
By .kitsapsun.com - Josh Farley
Published: 04/25/2013

WASHINGTON - BREMERTON — Bremerton Police Officer Dahle “Duke” Roessel and his new dog partner, Dusty, combed the rooms of a West Bremerton hotel during a practice session Tuesday. Dusty, an 18-month-old black Lab, sniffed around for meth, heroin and cocaine that had been planted there.

But not pot.

The Bremerton Police Department, following in the footsteps of many law enforcement agencies around the state, is not training its newest officer how to sniff out marijuana. Months after voters approved an initiative legalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, Dusty is the first narcotics dog in Kitsap with the distinction.

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