The Beaumont K9 Unit started in 1992 after a year long research was conducted by officers. The K9 unit began with four K9 Teams each consisted of a Handler and a K9 which were German Shepherds, the dogs came from different countries. The dogs were considered dual purpose and still are to this date. A dual purpose K9 performs patrol work (Building Searches, Area Searches, Article/Evidence Searches, Tracks and Handler Protection) and narcotic searches (Interior / Exterior and Vehicles). Today’s K9 are Belgian Malinois and Dutch Shepherds from the country of Holland. All the K9's that are used are KNPV titled.

The K9 Unit currently has four handlers which work various patrol shifts to assist in patrol operations. The fourth handler’s partner, the newest addition to the K9 family, is a bloodhound. Once the handler and his partner complete their training, they will take to the streets to assist in locating suspects, missing persons and evidence. The K9 Unit conducts approximately 1500 building searches/building checks, 360 narcotic searches and 100 tracks of fugitives annually. The unit is responsible with assisting on capturing several suspects and locating large amount of narcotics. Throughout the year you may see the unit training or conducting a demo.

The K9 Unit’s primary function is to act as a support unit for patrol and respond to all in-progress calls. The Unit also has an active role in assisting SWAT, Narcotics and SRT. The Unit has assisted SWAT on numerous tactical operations, narcotics with search warrants and SRT with field force situations. The K9 Unit has conducted waterway operations with US Coast Guard and US Customs. The K9 Unit continues to assist Federal, County and Local Agencies.

Each K9 Team is assigned a Chevy police package Tahoe. Each is equipped with an insert that provides the K9 a secure area. Each is equipped with a temperature monitoring device. There is also other special equipment is used for training and placed in the vehicle.
The K9 Unit are members of the National Police Canine Association (N.P.C.A.) and National Narcotic Detector Dog Association (N.N.D.D.A.) which they certify with annually both in patrol and narcotics. They participate in regional and national seminars to receive case law updates and take part in training conducted by instructors from around the world. Throughout the years, the Unit has won several awards, in 2004, Officer D. Valdez and K9 Cabiel (Ret.) won "Top Dog" honor at the N.P.C.A. National Seminar in Pasadena, Texas. The Team also won numerous regional awards. Officer P. Smith and K9 Marco won 5th place in patrol at a regional seminar, Lafayette, La. There are other retired and former K9 members that have also placed in national and regional events.

The K9 Unit is on call 24/7.