Officer Stoneking & K9 Officer Mikko

My name is Officer Stoneking. I have been a first responder since I was 15-years old. I started by volunteering for the Arapahoe Rescue Patrol while I was in high school. After graduating from high school, I earned my EMT certification and worked for a private ambulance company in the Denver Metro. I eventually became a firefighter and paramedic on the western slope. I have always been interested in law enforcement and eventually decided to “change teams” in 2021. I have been a member of the Littleton Police Department since 2022.

After graduating from the Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Academy, I was assigned to the same team that Officer Choate and K9 Bandit were on. Seeing how valuable of a resource K9 Bandit was to the department made me want to become the next handler for the agency. As soon as I was able, I began to go to the monthly K9 trainings and became a certified chew toy (decoy) for Bandit. Eventually, I was selected to be the next K9 handler, and I was matched with my partner, K9 Mikko, in January 2025.

K9 Mikko is the ultimate crime fighting tool, and I am lucky to have him as my partner. I know that the community, and the department are safer because of K9 Mikko. I grateful for the Friends of Littleton K9 because without them, the K9 program wouldn’t be possible.