California Adds Six New CHP Canine Teams to Public Safety Ranks

Pleasanton, California — Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the graduation of six new California Highway Patrol canine teams, including the agency's first-ever Springer Spaniel.

The six teams bring skills in patrol, narcotics detection and explosives detection. They join a CHP canine force that now totals 54 teams deployed across California, according to the governor's office.

CHP said its narcotics-detection canine teams conducted nearly 1,700 enforcement searches in 2025, seizing more than 21,170 pounds of illegal narcotics and more than $12.2 million in illicit currency. Explosives-detection teams conducted more than 7,000 searches the same year.

The new teams can be deployed to support public safety operations anywhere in the state, from major traffic corridors to large public events.

Pleasanton, in Alameda County about 40 miles east of San Francisco, is home to roughly 72,000 residents who rely on Highway 580 and Interstate 680 corridors that CHP canine teams help keep safe.

Sources:

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/07/10/paws-on-patrol-governor-newsom-announces-six-newly-graduated-k-9-teams-to-join-chp/