Suffolk County Police Department K-9 ‘Gunnar’ Visits Accompsett Middle School Middle School

Pictured: Suffolk County Police Department officer Ryan Neems and K-9 “Gunnar” visited Accompsett Middle School on May 18.

Photos courtesy of Smithtown CSD

In continuation with Police Appreciation week in the Suffolk County Police Department, Accompsett Middle School sixth graders were visited by a special four-legged friend on May 18.

Gunnar, who works for the SCPD K-9 unit, along with officer Ryan Neems, stopped by to educate the students on life as a police dog.

Officer Neems gave the students a synopsis of the training and patrol work Gunnar does. The six-year-old German shepherd, is a bomb dog who is trained to smell special compounds in bombs.  He also helps find missing people, weapons and stolen merchandise.