 I've been with the Vancouver Police Department for 17 years and I joined the K-9 unit in 2010 and was partnered with Justice at that time. Primarily the role of the police service dog is criminal apprehension. They go out and apprehend criminals that are fleeing from the police or have fled from the police. They also do things like evidence recovery, they'll search for evidence. Sometimes they'll actually search for missing people. A typical work day we'll get to our office and I'll get into my uniform and he'll get into his uniform. His uniform is a tracking harness and for him as well his transition into work really revolves around the truck. Once he is in his harness in the truck and listening to the radio he knows he's ready for work. He's able to really transition and he knows the difference between when it's time to be at work and chasing the bad guys to when it's just time to be a puppy at home. I think a lot of people have the impression that the police dog is just a tool and all we use them for is work but I raised Justice as a little puppy. I bought him home at eight weeks old. He grew up with my family prior to being a police dog. He's been part of their life since they were babies and they've blown up with him and they're obviously very attached to him. My daughter especially loves using him as almost a pillow and a couch when he's trying to lay down and relax but he puts up with her. He's a big protector and a big friend for them and when he retires after a long career of chasing bad guys he's gonna retire in my family and continue to be part of our family. Given the type of work Justice does my family does worry about him. Justice was injured on the job in January last year. He was apprehending a suspect in a break and enter and ended up through the struggle severing a couple tendons in his leg. He had to be taken to the emergency vet and had emergency surgery to repair his tendons. It was tough for me my family to see him injured like that but in the end he was able to come back and really show some some strength there. The thing I love about Justice the most I think is he is absolutely dependable and he's also extremely relentless when he's at work. He never gives up and he actually wants to catch the bad guy even more than I do sometimes.