RCMP dog gets credit after suspect collared Friday in Valleyview

Police dog catches suspect

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RCMP police dog Neeka

A Kamloops police dog is being credited for collaring a suspect in Valleyview on Friday morning — which happens to be International Dog Day.

According to police, Mounties were called to the 2000-block of Crescent Drive just after 8 a.m. for a report of a suspicious man.

An officer arrived and identified the 26-year-old man, according to a Kamloops RCMP news release, who was found to be wanted on an outstanding warrant.

RCMP Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet said the man fled on foot.

“Additional frontline officers and RCMP police dog services flooded the area to assist in locating him,” she said.

Two-year-old Neeka and her handler tracked the man to an area near Highland Drive, Shoihet said, where he was arrested without incident.

“We will make sure that Neeka gets an extra treat to celebrate her arrest and International Dog Day,” she said.

Mounties identified the arrested man as Dylan Clifton. They said he is expected to make a court appearance on Friday afternoon to answer to the warrant.