The newest member of the Windsor Police Service is the only one in the region that can sniff out explosives.
Hasko, a 20-month-old Belgian Malinois, is trained to detect 15 different bomb-making scents.
His handler, Constable Sean Richardson says it will be quicker and safer to find explosives.
"Say there was a bomb threat at a high school, somebody left a suspicious backpack somewhere in the school. We've got the capabilities to start sweeping the grounds," he says. "Rather than having to send in uniformed officers who aren't familiar with what they're looking for."
It's more than just detecting bombs, Hasko is also trained to track down suspects who take off or help find them hiding inside a closet.
It took 16 weeks to get to this point and the work is only beginning.
"On days off we'll go do training sessions on our own, so it's 24-hour, 365 days a year kind of job," Richardson says. "I just can't put him away like a gun belt, I got to keep him working and he couldn't be happier to work either."
As Hasko gears up for a long career, five-year-old German Shepard Ouza and his officer Sergeant John Virban are retiring.
"It's going to be a difficult ride," Virban says. "He's always under command, ever since he was a pup."
Virban retires next month after 30 years of service, but Ouza is already off duty.
"Usually when I put the uniform on, that's a sign for him that hey, we're going to work," he says. "Now he's not going to go and even this morning he started whining and clawing at the cage."
