Pekin Police Department, K-9 Division

The Pekin Police K-9 Unit was formed in 1993 to meet several objectives. These objectives are as follows:

• The protection and preservation of human life.

• To assist in the apprehension of criminal offenders.

• To search for evidence of drugs as required.

• To conduct building searches.

• To track or search for criminal offenders, lost or injured persons.

• To promote public relations.

K-9 Aslan
K9 Aslan is a German Shepherd that was born in Germany on August 27, 2001. He was teamed up with Officer Jeff Stolz in March 2004, after K9 Jovi was retired. K9 Aslan and Officer Stolz are certified through the North American Police Work Dog Association in:

• Obedience

• Area Search

• Tracking

• Building Search

• Narcotics

• ... and Aggression Control

Jeff and Aslan are available to provide demonstrations to civic organizations. For more information on getting a K-9 demo, please call 478-5329 and ask for Officer Stolz.


K-9 Bow
In June 2001, K9 Bow was donated to the Pekin Police Department. Officer Chad Hazelwood was assigned as his partner. Officer Hazelwood and Bow will focus mainly on the area of drug detection.


K-9 Jovi(Retired)
K-9 Jovi came to us in June of 1998. In his first year, K-9 Jovi had 80 drug finds, resulting in 79 arrests. Jovi was used in 25 Officer safety situations, 9 building searches, 8 tracks (2 resulted in finds), and 7 public relations demonstrations.

In 1999, as Jovi gained experience his expertise has really begun to show. Jovi is already responsible for several felony arrests, including 2 that were direct results of his tracking a suspect from a scene. Had it not been for the K-9 team, these suspects could have very possibly got away and been able to commit more crimes.


The Pekin Police Department is very fortunate to have two dedicated officers in Jeff Stolz and Chad Hazelwood as its K-9 Officers.

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