The Emergency Response Team dogs were the toughest animals in the service: Dobermans, German shepherds, and Belgian Malinois. Driven, dangerous, and, after the long drive from Indiana, they would be a particular handful.
With thinly veiled excuses, which Jurgen saw right through but let him get away with, Jim and Malcolm made good their escape and climbed back into his pickup to head out.
The kennels and the bulk of the dog training area were in the farthest corner of RTC. Then there was the mock town, an area of tightly convoluted back roads for driver training, and then the main driving area for skid and turn training. The last was an open area of pavement a quarter mile long and a football field wide. If no one else was running, maybe they’d let him sign out a vehicle. Watching Reese
