New K-9 for Canton to be chosen Aug. 5; Canton Police Officer Demott to be dog’s handler

A new police dog for Canton will be selected next week, and the officer to handle the K-9 has been named.
Police Chief Dan Taylor said Tuesday at a meeting of the city council’s Mechanical Committees that Officer Ryan Demott will handle the new dog to be chosen Wednesday, Aug. 5, at Von Liche Kennels in Indiana. Demott will have a few weeks to bond with the dog, and then K-9 training will begin Aug. 31 at the Illinois State Police Academy.
Taylor said funding for the new K-9 unit will be covered through a Project Safe Neighborhood grant of $3,700, a donation of $2,000 from the local police union, drug forfeiture account monies, and donations from the community. Kennel supplies already have been obtained, he noted.
Taylor also reported arrests for June this year were up at 138 compared to 68 in June 2008. Local police also issued 166 citations last month, up from 119 in June of last year.

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