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Officer Craig Mancuso
served in the United States
Marine Corp from 1996
through 2000.  He joined
the Henderson Police
Department in 2002.  
Officer Mancuso was the
Nevada Crime Stoppers
Officer of the Year in 2005.  
In 2006, he became a
defensive tactics
instructor, firearms
instructor and a field
training officer.  

In 2006, Officer Mancuso
received the honor of
Henderson Police
Department’s Officer of the
Year.   He was chosen to
join the K-9 Unit in March
2007.

Officer Mancuso’s K-9
partner is Carmine.  
Carmine is an energetic,
yellow Labrador retriever,
who is certified to detect
and alert to the presence
of the odors of narcotics.  
Officer Mancuso and
Carmine certified as a
Narcotics Detection Dog
Team in April of 2008 and
have several narcotics
finds since hitting the
streets.