K-9 Kali is an ATF explosives detection canine assigned to Special Agent Canine Handler (SACH) Creighton Brandt and they work in the Tucson Field Office within the Phoenix Field Division. Her job is to find explosives, guns, and ammunition.
K-9 Kali 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. K-9 Kali started her training with Puppies Behind Bars.
Recent Finds
Since going operational in the summer of 2022, K-9 Kali has located over 1,600 items of evidence, including firearms, fired cartridge casings, and bullet fragments. Of all the fired cartridge casings located by K-9 Kali, approximately 50% of the casings link to other shooting incidences via the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN).
