Narcotics K9 Bullet

On the morning of April 6, 2008 retired Sacramento County Sheriff’s narcotics canine Bullet passed away at the age of 13 years old.

Bullet, a male black Labrador Retriever started working his high profile life in 1996.  Detective Bob Braman, of the Major Narcotics Investigation Division, selected Bullet from Diamond P Labradors in the Sacramento delta.  At the ripe old age of 14 months, Bullet was trained and certified to find Marijuana, Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Heroin, and Opium.  Bullet, who’s AKC name was Diamond P. Thunder Bullet was actually breed to be a duck hunter. Detective Braman loved all the things he saw in this dog and the law enforcement name sealed the deal. Truth be told his wife liked Bullet and that really sealed the deal. 

Detective Braman and Bullet were assigned to a multi agency task force that worked drug interdiction on planes, trains, and buses. They routinely found multiple pounds of narcotics and hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug proceeds. At one point during the four years Bullet was assigned to Bob, a Mexican drug organization had placed a $25,000 contract on Bullet’s life. 

In April of 2001, Detective Braman promoted to the Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Detail (SED).

TIMING IS EVERYTHING.  In dog training, this is a very common phase. It’s true when getting a job also. Canine Officer Chris Rogers had just failed out a new patrol canine after several months of training. He called Detective Braman and asked if the narcotics division was going to expand its number of canines as rumored. The answer was a simple “not yet”.  The following day Detective Braman received word of his promotion and called back. The rest, as they say, is history.  Rogers started working Bullet and found narcotics on their very first search together.

During the next six years Bullet and Detective Rogers were assigned as a support unit for the Sheriff’s California Multi-jurisdictional Methamphetamine Task Force (CAL-MMET), The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task force (HIDTA), the Crack Rock Impact Program (CRIP), and the Sheriff’s Narcotics Street Teem. 

On January 5, 2007 the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department retired its most senior narcotics detective.  After 11 years of service and two attempted retirements, K9 Bullet called it quits.

In finishing out his career, Bullet assisted in searches for every local agency within 50 miles of Sacramento as well as numerous state and federal alphabet agencies such as DEA, FBI, USFS, USPS, DOJ, CDC, and CHP. He located drugs in every imaginable location including underground, under water, attics, tires, vehicle engines and many many more locations.  Crooks tried to conceal narcotics in mustard, pepper, grease, oil, gas, and garlic just to name a few. It just never worked.

Probably one of Bullet’s most important jobs was attending hundreds of public schools demonstrations, community fairs, and neighborhood watch groups. Bullet showed off his dope finding skills and has literally gotten the “Just Say No” message out to thousands of kids.

Prior to his death, Bullet retired to Detective Rogers’s foothill property where he loved to swim in the pond and chase the ducks and geese that had always eluded him. In short, he became the long awaited pond swimming, table scrapping, indoor sleeping dog he always longed to be. 

Detective Bramen and Rogers wish to thank all those dedicated narcotic detectives and patrol officers who put together great dope cases. These officers are the real reason for Bullet’s success and responsible for the following impressive career totals: