Kat Albrecht
| Industry | Law Enforcement or Security |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Police Detective Turned Pet Detective |
| Location | Federal Way, WA, United States |
| Introduction | Kathy "Kat" Albrecht is a former police officer, field training officer, police detective, and K9 (police bloodhounds and cadaver dogs) trainer turned pet detective. During her ten-year career as a search dog handler, Kat and her dogs located physical evidence, missing people, and criminals. In 1996, Kat's bloodhound A.J. escaped from his yard and was missing. Kat brought in another search dog that she used to successfully track down A.J. This is what sparked the idea, "Why not train dogs to track lost pets?" In their first four searches, Kat and her search dog Rachel physically located two lost cats and one lost dog. Since 1997, Kat has effectively utilized law enforcement techniques and technologies to recover lost pets and has trained several other search dogs and many human pet detectives. In 2001 Kat founded Missing Pet Partnership, a national nonprofit organization that is working to pioneer the concept of community-based lost pet services through the first-ever pet detective academy. Visit Kat's website and blog at www.katalbrecht.com or follow her on Twitter (www.twitter.com/katalbrecht). |
| Interests | Pet detectives, writing, YA mysteries |