K-9 Sunny is an ATF Explosives Detection Canine assigned to the Newark Field Division with Special Agent Canine Handler (SACH) Michael Alongi. Her job is to find explosives, guns and ammunition. K-9 Sunny is also an ATF Search Enhanced Evidence K-9 (S.E.E.K.) able to work off leash up to 150 yards away from her handler and detect more than 19,000 distinct odors. She started her training with the Paws with a Cause organization.

Recent Find

K-9 Sunny recently assisted a local police department with the search for a discarded firearm. Police officers responded to a call for “shots fired” by an unknown individual. When authorities arrived, the suspect led them on a foot chase through a wooded area.  

Although they were able to arrest the individual, local police were unable to find the firearm and contacted ATF for assistance. K-9 Sunny and SACH Alongi arrived on the scene to assist with the investigation. Once on site, K-9 Sunny began to search the area and readily located the suspected firearm in the thick wooded area of the crime scene. Local police used the evidence to prosecute the suspect.