2 K-9s Join Bensalem Township Police Force

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA —A new "dynamic duo" is now on the job.

The Bensalem Township Police Department "introduced" Max and Ricco, the new four-legged police officers to the rest of the members of the department's K-9 Unit.

K-9 Ricco is a 1-year-old Belgian Malinois and K-9 Max is a 1-year-old Dutch Shepherd.

The canines went through 14 weeks of patrol school with their handlers, Police Officer Thomas Martinka with K-9 Ricco and Officer Dylan Gallagher with K-9 Max.

They recently graduated from the Philadelphia Police Canine Training Center. For the past few weeks, the K-9 Teams underwent in-house training prior to their reassignment with the Patrol Division.

Mayor Joseph DiGirolamo was on the field Wednesday to meet the existing K-9 team, with Max and Ricco joining the department's three other K-9 crimefighters.