reporter kurt rivera has the story. >> reporter: niner the k-9 is used to sniffing out bombs.ut he's taking a spin instead all in the name of eliminating bullying. >> if you see something, and you see somebody out of the ordinary not talking, maybe a little bit down, you guys could step up and be leaders. >> reporter: niner joined two other k-9s part of the sheriff's department one of a kind program called k-9s against bullies. >> we want them to understand and know that they have a voice, and we don't want them to hold their feelings inside if they are being bullied. >> reporter: it all came about by accident, deputies doing a demonstration at a school when a student who was bullied was picked by the deputies to participate with their dogs on stage. >> and then now all the kids that were actually making fun of her and bullying her and really not knowing the harm they were doing because they didn't know the bullying message, they actually became friends with her and sitting at lunch. >> reporter: the k-9s are an ice breaker to grab the attention of students to help detect, com