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false info, obstruction, and disorderly conduct. Deputies made contact and learned the male was likely hiding in a garage at the complex. They found the garage door to be partially blocked and unable to be opened. A K9 was requested, so I (Sgt. Schultes) responded with K9 Grizz. I arrived and placed K9 Grizz in a "down" position near the partially open garage door. Entry was forced through the neighboring garage, and I made K9 announcements into the garage. K9 Grizz barked as a deterrent, and a female came out of hiding in a vehicle and surrendered. More announcements were made into the garage while K9 Grizz barked as a deterrent. The wanted male, who was hiding in the back seat of the vehicle eventually surrendered and was taken into custody without further incident. The female was booked for a charge of felony harboring a fugitive, and the male was booked on his warrant and additional new charges. On 7/22/21, Officer Dison initiated a traffic stop after a violation occurred on the 2600 block of County Road I. The driver was uncooperative, and eventually pushed away from Officer Dison and fled on foot. After a short foot pursuit, Officer Dison aired the last known location of the suspect and requested back- up squads. I (Sgt. Schultes) responded with K9 Grizz and started a perimeter to lock down the suspect. Other responding squads checked the suspect vehicle and saw a felony amount of drugs and a large amount of cash in plain view. I deployed K9 Grizz on a long lead and gave several K9 announcements for the suspect to surrender. After hearing no response, I started a track with K9 Grizz. K9 Grizz quickly began to track the suspect, and led us to an area of thick brush near a pond. K9 Grizz alerted that he had located the suspect hiding near the water's edge. I gave another K9 announcement in an attempt to get the suspect to surrender. After the suspect continued to hide and not surrender, I sent K9 Grizz to locate the suspect. K9 Grizz apprehended the suspect in the arm and pulled him out of cover. The suspect was taken into custody and identified. He was found to have multiple outstanding felony drug warrants. After the suspect was cleared by medics, he was booked on his outstanding warrants and felony drug possession. On 7/22/21, New Brighton Officer Kostohryz made a traffic stop and was attempting to identify the driver. During his investigation, the driver fled the traffic stop in the vehicle and New Brighton Officers initiated a vehicle pursuit. The suspect eventually crashed the vehicle in a back yard in Mounds View, and fled on foot. I (Sgt.- Schultes) responded to the crash location and deployed K9 Grizz on lead. We assisted with clearing the vehicle to ensure there was nobody trapped inside. A perimeter was set by responding squads, and I started a track with K9 Grizz after making K9 announcements. After tracking the suspect a significant distance, we returned to the last known location of the suspect. K9 Grizz pulled hard to a fence on the perimeter of a residential property. He alerted to the presence of human odor and located the suspect hiding behind the fence. The suspect was taken into custody without further incident, and booked for felony fleeing, DWI, providing false information, and a felony warrant. On 7/29/21, Officer Erickson and K9 Niko, and K9 Grizz and I (Sgt. Schultes) met with a group of first and second grade students at Sunnyside Elementary. Officer Erickson talked to the students and teachers about the MVPD K9 Unit and how the K9's serve the community. Both K9 teams also worked together to give a demonstration for the group in article and drug searches, obedience, suspect search and apprehension, and a vehicle extraction. After the demonstration, the students were able to socialize with the K9's.