Officer David Peterson of the Norwalk Police Department has worked with the Norwalk Police Department since 2005. He has been a member of CPWDA and NAPWDA since 2010, NPCA since 2011 and NNDDA since 2020. Officer Peterson has been a member of the Norwalk Police K-9 Unit since 2007. He began working with the Canine Unit as the Unit’s Decoy and Assistant Trainer, under Sergeant Frank Reda.
In March of 2012, He began working with Superior K9 Services with the development of green dogs and brand new handlers. He has conducted several K-9 Instructor Courses, that are devised of 10 weeks and 400 hours. These classes are focused on the development of dogs and their handlers, in the area of Detection, Tracking, and Patrol. He has assisted in training over 40 dogs, all of which are now certified in either Patrol and Narcotics or Explosives. He presently leads the Southwest Region 7 bi-annual, monthly training. These trainings consists of over 20 dogs and involved as a trainer for several CPWDA events over the past several years.
Officer Peterson’s current partner is a 3 year old, all Black German Shepherd, Nova. PSD Nova is certified in Narcotics, Tracking, Patrol and has been serving with the Norwalk Police Department for 2 years. Officer David Peterson first partner, PSD Rainor (retired) were the 1st runners up for the prestigious Daniel Wasson Memorial K9 award in 2014. Officer David Peterson and PSD Rainor were also selected by FLEOA for “K-9 Heroes” of 2014, where they were honored inside Fenway Park. PSD Rainor served for the Norwalk Police Department for 9 years before retirement.
Officer Peterson was elected to the CPWDA Executive Board in 2017. Officer David Peterson is a Certifying Official with NPCA, NNDDA and CPWDA certifying over 50 Teams Bi-annually for Detection, Tracking and Patrol.
