Lancaster Avenue Mile
About Us

         November 3, 2007
    Lancaster Street Bridge Over the Trinity River

        Register Online

Founded in 1960 with three handler/canine teams, the Unit currently utilizes seven teams with 24 hour, city wide responsibility.  The Unit serves to support Patrol Operations and other field elements of the Fort Worth Police Department with high risk felony and area searches.

Most officers will agree, when faced with having to search a dark building for a dangerous suspect, they feel a little safer when the K-9 Unit arrives on the scene and the dog enters the building first.  It is difficult to know just how many officers have been saved from possible injury or death because of these remarkable dogs and their dedicated handlers.  Many times just driving up in a K-9 vehicle is all that is needed to defuse a potentially volatile situation.

Proceeds raised from the Lancaster Avenue Mile will be used to purchase some of the unique and highly specialized equipment utilized by the K9 teams.  Funds will further serve to provide a source of funding for the most advanced and progressive training available worldwide.

The Lancaster Avenue mile is being produced by Officer Mike Deavers, with Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Police Department; RunTime Racing Services; and the Fort Worth Running Company.  This special, point-to-point course, will run west down the historic Lancaster Avenue bridge, from Summit Avenue towards University Drive.

Officer Deavers can be contacted at (972) 574-0542, or by email at E-Mail Mike