Kim Canine Detective

By Arnold M. Pine

As a former canine Police Detective, I wrote this book to show the public how the German Shepherd Breed proved their value to the Police Department as they did during World War 1 to the Military. I dont know when they acquired the nickname of Police Dog, but it was well-deserved. I used all the techniques I learned in the German Shepherd Academy., and I used so many talents that came to me instinctively. When I became a full-fledged member of the Burglary Squad in the 63rd Precinct in Brooklyn, New York, during the years 1956-1958, I proved my worth very quickly. The fame of our Squads successes spread nationwide; and Police Departments from several large cities sent representatives to ride with us. They returned to their own commands and set up Burglary Squads patterned after ours. When a dog gets the opportunity to perform the job he was bred for, you have a very happy dog.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 8, 2016
• ISBN: 9781514436158

Arnold M. Pine

Arnold M. Pine is a veteran of twenty years on the New York City Police Department, where he served as a very active "Street Cop". His experiences with the criminal element on the street and in the department itself enabled him to create memorable characters in thrilling situation. Enough to complete and publish five novels on the subject. Mr. Pine attended Brooklyn College before and after his two year stint on a Navy Destroyer, U.S.S. Higbee, during World War Two. He lettered in Wrestling and Boxing, which prepared him for the battles he encountered on the streets of New York City. Upon retirement from the Department, Mr. Pine spent many years as the CEO of a water engineering business, before he engaged in writing as a full-time endeavor. He published Cop On The Run in 2004, followed by the sequel to this book A Cop’s Remorse in 2008. The third book in this series is Women Are Heroes in 2010. The last book in this series, Fighting Fools and Demons in 2011. The Bitter End, in 2012, was about a retired Detective fighting the Mafia.

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Copyright © 2016 by Arnold M. Pine.

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CONTENTS

Prologue Kim Canine Detective

Kim Canine Detective

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

PROLOGUE KIM CANINE DETECTIVE

I hope you enjoy my first attempt at writing, though so many dogs have tried and failed. They didn't have Arthur Pollock as a partner. All the events in this book are true, so I didn't have to make up any. Please excuse my occasional misuse of grammar, it was not part of my curriculum at the German Shepherd Academy I attended. I was a member of the Burglary Squad in 63rd Precinct in Brooklyn, during the years 1956-1958. Working with me were Arthur Pollock, my owner and mentor, for whom I would gladly die for, and Mike Malone, whom I detested as a man or as a detective. During the years mentioned above, our squad lower the night time statistics in the 63rd Precinct by a whopping 98%, while the statistics in the surrounding precincts ballooned. We hurt the Mafia's business considerably. They actually put out a contract on my life, {not my partners}, that came very close to being successful. I nearly died. Our exploits became very popular with much of the media in New York City, and came to the attention of the big Brass in the NYPD. They increased our workload to cover all the night time burglaries in the seven precincts of the 12th Division. We became so busy, we rarely had time to eat.

After Arthur and I retired from the Police Department, Arthur became a successful author of police stories. He started nagging me to try writing about our experiences from a Canine's point of view. Since I had no writing experience at all, Arthur promised to help me with everything I wrote. After I started writing, I couldn't believe the excitement I felt. I began reliving the events of those nights and the close calls we had; some were near-death experiences. I loved my job as a Detective, and looking back at those days, I felt proud that once I was considered a hero.

Respectfully.

Arna Kim Von Wurtzbach

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Charlotte Pine, my dear wife whose patience allowed me to spend so much time on writing, and who spent so many hours editing this book.

Dr. Aubrey Sher, noted author of 21 books, my dear friend, whose help, advice and tutelage helped make a writer out of me.

Kim, my canine friend who was the best detective I ever worked with, and who saved my life so many times.

PUBLISHED BOOKS BY ARNORLD M. PINE

Cop On the Run published by Authorhouse 2004

A Cop's remorse published by Authorhouse 2008

Women are Heroes published by Publish America 2010

Fighting Fools and Demons published by Xlibris 2011

The Bitter End published by Xlibris 2012

The Cruise published by Xlibris 2014

KIM CANINE DETECTIVE

by Arnold M. Pine

My name is Arna Kim Von Wurtzbach and I'm a cop, the four legged variety. I work the ten P.M. to six A.M. tour with the Burglary Squad in the 63rd Precinct, Brooklyn. They make me work with two partners whom I hardly need, but they're necessary because I can't drive the car and I can't answer the radio. Arthur Pollack is my handler, {sometimes I think it's the other way around}, and my owner. He's important to me because he gives me room and board and several nice kids to play with. His wife treats me great. He only got this detail because of my reputation as an outstanding tracker, but as far as human detectives go, he's OK. My other partner, Mike Malone, is a drinker, he smells bad, is a braggart, a womanizer and most importantly, a lousy cop.

Our primary job is to patrol the area of the 63rd Precinct in an unmarked car, giving special attention to the Gold Coast. That's where the rich and important people live in mansions and where the burglars run rampant. But over the past two years, we've done such a good job {reduced night time burglaries by 98%} that all the captains in the neighboring precincts yelled blue murder. Their burglary statistics went up in direct proportion to ours going down. So, now the Communications Bureau gives us all the Burglary in Progress calls in all of Brooklyn South and sometimes even in Brooklyn North. Such is the reward for success. Many nights we don't get a chance to eat. As our reputation grew, we've gotten requests from the uniformed sector to aid them in almost every type of job in the books. The ultimate recognition came when police officers from two major cities came to Brooklyn to ride with us, to learn our techniques. They went home and started Canine Corps patterned after our squad.

I guess I should tell you a little about how I look and my background. I'm a black and silver female German Shepherd, very hard to see in the dark, unless I show my teeth. My grandfather was Pheiffer Von Bern, the most famous German Shepherd ever. In fact he's the standard for our breed. No kidding, it's true. You can look it up. That made me important, I don't know why. A rich man bought me and one of my litter brothers to be raise as show dogs. He trained us how to walk, stand and sit all the while looking alert. Always smiling, the trainer would shout at us. But when they took us to our first puppy show, I did lousy. I hated it when strangers handled me, turning me this way and that. I tried to tell them to cut it out, but they ignored me. They got the idea, though, when I bit the judge in the hand. My brother won the blue ribbon. More training followed, but I never changed my ways. Finally, when I was five months old, my rich owner gave up on me and brought me back to the Wright Kennel in Merrick, Long Island, where I was born. Mr. Wright then sold me to Arthur Pollock, a New York City Police Officer.

That's when my life turned around. Instead of living in a kennel, cooped up in a cage, I became part of a family with the freedom of a whole house. They built me a fine house in a fenced-in area of the back yard where I spent the daylight hours. They brought me inside to spend the nights with the family. My education began. Arthur taught me many things and I learned quickly. He rewarded me with praise and sweet little things he called M&M's. I sat by his side when he watched TV, and, during commercials, we both noshed on these little chocolates. Sometimes, it was caramels, popcorn, and, if I was very, very good, maybe ice cream.

When I was six months old, Arthur enrolled me in the German Shepherd school run by Jerry Wright. There were about thirty other German Shepherd students in my class, all older and bigger than me, wiser too.

The first day, the trainer took us all out to a fenced-in track, about a quarter of a mile around. He threw a stick as far as he could and yelled a command Fetch. Now Arthur taught me that trick, and I ran as fast as I could to beat all the other dogs to the stick. I