Corporal Tim Jones serves as the department's K-9 Unit Supervisor  as well as a supervisor on the Patrol Division's Team 3. Cpl. Jones holds collateral duties as a member of the Emergency Services Unit. Cpl. Jones began his career in law enforcement as a Police Reserve Officer with the Summerville Police Department in 1997. He began his full time career in 1999.  Corporal Jones’s K-9 partner "RONIN" is a male Belgian Malinois that was imported from Belgium in 2002 and is trained a "Dual-Purpose" canine. Corporal Jones joined the K-9 Unit after successfully completing a six-week joint training program with his K-9 partner. The two were trained with the assistance of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department K-9 Division and became a Team in February 2002. Corporal Jones and his K-9 partner "RONIN" are certified by the National Narcotic Detector Dog Association (N. N. D. D. A.). K-9 RONIN has twice received the title of "Utility Dog" from NAPWDA. K-9 "RONIN" has assisted in seizing well over  a million dollars in US Currency, illegal narcotics, and property.  Corporal Jones is a certified

 S. C. U. B. A. Rescue Diver and is certified in numerous areas to include; Criminal Interdiction, areas of Traffic and D. U. I. Enforcement, Hostage Rescue, and High Risk Warrant Service.  Corporal Jones is also a Certified Firearms and TASER Instructor for our department. Corporal Jones is a proud member of the National Criminal Enforcement Association, the Police Benevolent Association, and the Fraternal Order of Police. When "RONIN" is not working he lives at home with Corporal Jones, his wife Paige and their two daughters.  RONIN spends his off duty time swimming, and playing with the family and his other Belgian Malinois pet named, "DARGO." 

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  Corporal Chip Holmes began his law enforcement career as a Police Reserve Officer with the Summerville Police Department in 1996 while he was still serving in the United States Army.  Cpl. Holmes is a combat veteran of the Desert Storm War and obtained the rank of Sergeant First Class before retiring from the US Army 2001.  The Summerville Police Department hired Holmes soon after.  Cpl. Holmes is presently assigned to the Dorchester County School District 2 as a School Resource Officer.  Cpl. Holmes is certified in Advanced DUI Detection, Speed Measurement Devices and Advanced Criminal Patrol Procedures. Cpl. Holmes's K-9 partner, "PANTO," is a Dual Purpose male German Shepherd that was imported to the United States from the Czech Republic.  Cpl. Holmes and PANTO have worked together as a team since February 2004, when the two graduated from a rigorous 8 week training Police K-9 school in North Carolina.  PANTO is trained in the areas of Narcotic Detection, Tracking, Area Searching, Article Recovery, Building Searches, Handler Protection, and Obedience.  Both are also certified in Narcotics Detection by the American Working Dog Association.  PANTO holds the title of "Utility Dog" from NAPWDA.  Since Holmes and his partner began as a team they have racked up numerous narcotic related arrests, and the capture of several wanted fugitives. 

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Patrolman First Class Mike Files is originally from San Diego, California. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1988 until 1992. During his military service, he found himself a home in South Carolina. While in the Marine Corps he began his law enforcement career with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office as a Reserve Deputy under the watchful eye of Sheriff Ray Isgett. Files became a full time, certified deputy after honorably completing his enlistment with the United States Marine Corps in 1992. While with the Sheriff’s Office Files was assigned to the Patrol Division, Charleston DEA Task Force, Selective Enforcement Team, Narcotics and the K-9 Unit. In early 2005 Files resigned from the Berkeley County Sheriff’s as a Sgt and supervisor of the K-9 Unit to seek out a new endeavor with Blackwater K-9. While with Blackwater, Files served in various areas of Iraq as an Explosive Detection Dog Handler on a High Threat Personal Protection Detail. Files ended his tour overseas as the Central Region Program Manager for Blackwater K-9 in Iraq in 2006; shortly after Files joined the ranks of the Summerville Police Department and serves in the Patrol Division on Team 1 along with his K-9 partner Ryk.