{"id":278751,"date":"2026-05-04T22:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/278751\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T22:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:14:08","slug":"pflugerville-police-introduce-pflash-central-texas-only-digital-detection-k9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/278751\/","title":{"rendered":"Pflugerville police introduce Pflash, Central Texas&#8217; only digital detection K9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PFLUGERVILLE, Texas \u2014 On Monday, the Pflugerville Police Department introduced Pflash, a dog capable of sniffing out hidden electronic devices. <\/p>\n<p>K9 Pflash, a 3-year-old black Labrador retriever, is trained to detect chemical compounds found on thumb drives, cell phones, computers, cameras and memory cards. He can even sniff out devices hidden or submerged in water.<\/p>\n<p>Electronic storage devices frequently contain evidence in cases involving child exploitation, human trafficking and other digital crimes, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Welcome K9 Pflash to the pforce!&#8221; the department said on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/blues-on-the-green-returns-to-zilker-park-with-free-concerts-june-9-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | Blues on the Green returns to Zilker Park with free concerts June 9-10<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As crime evolves, so will the tools we use to fight it,&#8221; Police Chief Willie Richards said. &#8220;We are excited that Pflash&#8217;s unique training will help us advance our investigations into crimes committed against some of the most vulnerable populations we serve, including children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pflash and his handler, Detective Janie Campana, completed training through the U.S. Secret Service&#8217;s National Computer Forensics Institute in Alabama, which included exercises in stadiums, theaters and other real-world environments.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Beyond evidence detection, Pflash is also trained as a de-escalation canine, offering comfort to crime survivors during sensitive interviews and support to officers in the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PFLUGERVILLE, Texas \u2014 On Monday, the Pflugerville Police Department introduced Pflash, a dog capable of sniffing out hidden&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-278751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}