Tyson, Port Lavaca Police Department's new drug dog, paid a visit to Port Lavaca over the Christmas holidays so he could familiarize himself with Port Lavaca.

Port Lavaca City Council authorized the police department to buy Tyson in July. The German Shepherd has been in training in Victoria since last summer and his first look at Port Lavaca was a view of the first local white Christmas.

Police Chief John Stewart said Tyson was brought to Port Lavaca for two weeks to ride around with his trainer Phillip Sanchez.

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