08/30/2026
🇺🇸 FACES OF FREEDOM | DEPUTY HAUN & K-9 JEDI 🐾
Today, in our Faces of Freedom series, we introduce you to someone whose service is built on two things he has always wanted to do: work with dogs and help people.
Meet Deputy Haun, a K-9 handler and partner to K-9 Jedi, with five years of service.
And while Deputy Haun wears the badge, there is another brave member of this team who deserves to be recognized too.
K-9 Jedi. 🐾
A law enforcement K-9’s job can take them into situations most of us would instinctively run from. Jedi may be called upon to assist with search and rescue, locating missing or endangered people, narcotics detection, tracking, searches, and helping protect the community.
That takes more than training.
It takes strength. Courage. Focus. Trust. And bravery.
Jedi doesn’t know what the next call will bring. He simply trusts his handler, relies on his training, and steps forward when he is needed.
Whether searching for someone who desperately needs to be found, detecting something that could pose a danger, or standing alongside Deputy Haun to help keep others safe, Jedi’s work can make an incredible difference.
And behind that courage is an extraordinary bond between a K-9 and his handler—a partnership built through countless hours of training, trust, and dedication.
When asked what inspired him to choose this path, Deputy Haun’s answer was simple:
“I have always wanted to work with dogs and help people in need. This job lets me do both.”
His service has also changed the way he sees the world. Deputy Haun says it has broadened his perspective on the hardships people go through in life.
Serving others, he says, means being someone who can help when people need it—and connecting them with resources when he can’t personally solve the problem.
Being the person others call during their hardest moments isn’t something he spends much time thinking about while it’s happening.
He simply does what needs to be done.
When he can help, it feels amazing.
When he can’t, he accepts that he can’t help everyone, learns to move forward, and reminds himself that the next person who needs him needs him at his best.
On the hardest days, Deputy Haun finds his grounding in his faith in God, his family, his close friends, and K-9 Jedi. 🐾
And then there is a handwritten note.
During a time when the community faced a possible threat, Deputy Haun was helping provide additional security when a young girl approached him and handed him a one-page handwritten note expressing how much she appreciated and supported law enforcement.
He still keeps that note in the visor of his patrol car.
A small piece of paper.
A powerful reminder.
A reminder of why he chose this profession.
When asked what he is most proud of in his journey, Deputy Haun didn’t hesitate:
Making the K-9 unit.
And what keeps him showing up?
“I feel called to do it and I love what I do.”
When asked what the American flag means to him, Deputy Haun shared:
“The American flag is a unifying symbol for thousands of communities like ours, with people that are united in their pursuit to live happy, safe, and free.”
And if he could define freedom in one word?
America. 🇺🇸
But perhaps the most personal answer came when we asked:
Who is your hero?
His answer:
“My dad. I wouldn’t be who I am if it wasn’t for him.”
Behind every badge is a story.
Behind every uniform is a person.
And beside some of those brave men and women is a four-legged partner who willingly steps into the unknown alongside them.
Jedi may have four paws, but he carries an incredible amount of courage. 🐾
His strength isn’t just in what he is trained to do. It’s in his willingness to trust, to search, to protect, and to step forward when others need him.
Today, we honor Deputy Haun and K-9 Jedi—a team whose service reminds us that courage can wear a badge, walk on four paws, and come in many different forms.
Thank you, Deputy Haun, for answering the call.
And thank you, Jedi, for your strength, your bravery, your loyalty, and your service to the community. 🇺🇸🐾
This is Faces of Freedom.
This is their story.
