WATCH: Cocoa Police Highlight K9 Hasko’s Training Session with Officer Mike Fitzgerald

Hasko's human partner is K-9 Officer Mike Fitzgerald

ABOVE VIDEO: The Cocoa Police Department highlighted K-9 Hasko’s training after recently becoming the latest addition to the department. His human partner is K-9 Officer Mike Fitzgerald, who joined the Cocoa Police Department in 2022.

BREVARD COUNTY • COCOA, FLORIDA – The Cocoa Police Department highlighted K-9 Hasko’s training after recently becoming the latest addition to the Department.

His human partner is K-9 Officer Mike Fitzgerald, who joined the Cocoa Police Department in 2022.

Officer Fitzgerald, who has been with K-9 Hasko since he was a pup, is an expert in the field of K-9 work having trained and competed internationally.

The K-9 team is now going through the required training to become officially certified for patrol work.

The CPD K9 unit has four patrol dogs and one black and tan coonhound used for therapy and tracking. The SRO unit has four officers, one at each charter and public school within the city. The CEU is authorized four officers and a sergeant, responsible for community engagement and policing.

The Cocoa Police Department has an authorized force of 72 sworn officers, 16 telecommunications (dispatch) officers, 3 records technicians, two booking officers, and numerous other crime scene investigators and support personnel.

The department has been accredited since 2006 through the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation.

Headquartered just west of Cocoa Village, the CPD is a progressive agency, with multiple specialty units. The department contains a criminal investigations division (CID), professional compliance unit (internal affairs), traffic homicide investigators, SWAT, a K9 unit, motor unit, crisis negotiations team (CNT), a marine unit, school resource officer (SRO) unit, and a community engagement unit (CEU).

The CPD also has an intelligence analyst, two victim advocates, and a civilian public information officer who disseminates information to the public via social media and traditional media. The department has a number of citizen volunteers who assist with administrative and logistical issues.

The code enforcement office of the City operates under the auspices of the police department, as well. The code enforcement office is authorized one code enforcement manager, with two subordinate enforcement officers.

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