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K-9s practice laying down the law on Lake Lanier

K-9 Warden leaps from a Gwinnett County fire department boat Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, as the county's K9 units take part in a training exercise on Lake Lanier. Training included the fire department’s swift water rescue and numerous other police agencies. - photo by Scott Rogers

10012020 TRAINING 1.jpg — K-9 Warden leaps from a Gwinnett County fire department boat Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, as the county's K9 units take part in a training exercise on Lake Lanier. Training included the fire department’s swift water rescue and numerous other police agencies. - photo by Scott Rogers

Out on a small island toward the southern end of Lake Lanier, a “suspect” in American flag shorts swam ashore after eluding officers on a chase. Warden, a 20-month-old Belgian Malinois, was about to lay down the law.