KFPD Welcomes New K9 Team: Cardoza and Titan
Officer Zach Cardoza and 15-month-old Belgian Malinois Titan begin serving together after six weeks of intensive training.
AT A GLANCE
New team: Officer Zach Cardoza and K9 Titan are Klamath Falls Police Department’s newest K9 partnership.
Titan: The 15-month-old Belgian Malinois came to the United States from Hungary.
Training: Cardoza and Titan completed six weeks of intensive training together at Southern Police Canine.
Role: Titan is trained in criminal apprehension and narcotics detection and is beginning work with KFPD.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — There is a new face riding along with the Klamath Falls Police Department, and he happens to have four legs.
K9 Titan, a 15-month-old Belgian Malinois, has officially joined the department alongside his handler, Officer Zach Cardoza, adding a new working partnership to the KFPD team.
Titan’s path to Klamath Falls began thousands of miles away in Hungary. After arriving in the United States, he and Cardoza spent six weeks training together at Southern Police Canine.
That training was about more than learning commands.
New K9 Team: Officer Zach Cardoza and K9 Titan, a 15-month-old Belgian Malinois, have begun serving together with the Klamath Falls Police Department. Klamath Falls Police Department.
For a police K9 team, the relationship between dog and handler has to become a working partnership built on trust, consistency, and an ability to read one another in situations that can change quickly.
KFPD said Cardoza and Titan spent the training program building exactly that kind of bond and teamwork.
Now, the pair is ready to put it to work.
Titan has been trained in both criminal apprehension and narcotics detection and will begin serving alongside Cardoza immediately.
For Cardoza, that means his patrol partner is now someone who will spend long shifts beside him, train with him regularly, and be expected to respond when situations call for the specialized abilities of a police dog.
For Titan, Klamath Falls is now home.
The department said it is excited to welcome the new team and expects the pair to play an important role in public safety.
And while Titan may be one of the youngest members of the department, his arrival comes after months of preparation, travel, and training designed to turn a young Belgian Malinois into a dependable partner for both Cardoza and the community.
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