Drug dog added to Sheriff’s Department arsenal
The newest member of the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Department might be the most excited to fight crime.
With his tongue hanging out, panting set on overdrive, and a motivation to sniff every deputy who walked by, Macy “Mace” Brown made his first visit last week to a department that has not had a drug sniffing/human tracking dog in six years.
Sheriff Mick Fink named the chocolate lab after the street his department is located on and the color of a deputy’s uniform.
When Lenore C. Hutter died in 2002, she left the Sheriff’s Department $50,000 for use in its K-9 program. Then Sheriff Gary Pucker placed the money in an account at the Fond du Lac County Treasurer’s Office. The accrued interest of more than $18,000 will pay the $5,000 price tag for Mace and his training.
Fink said the original $50,000 will remain untouched and he does not anticipate a need to reach into the tax levy to pay for Mace’s care.
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New recruit: Beckley Police bloodhound begins work
She wears a pink collar, never leaves her handler’s side and is even gentle enough to be trusted around children.
But Artemis, the Beckley Police Department’s new bloodhound K-9, is by no means weak. City officers say her powerful sense of smell — 100 times stronger than a human’s — will help police find fleeing suspects and missing children.
Beckley P.D. has, according to a release, had great success in its work with German shepherds and Rottweilers. These dogs were used for narcotics detection, tracking and suspect apprehension. The opportunity later arose to increase the K-9 unit’s size to four and expand its overall capabilities.
The department obtained Artemis (a.k.a. “Artie”) from 832 K-9’s Deputy Dogs, Kody Snodgrass Memorial Foundation. The organization, according to its Web site, is dedicated to providing law enforcement agencies with bloodhounds trained for police work and at little or no charge.
Duke and Angie Snodgrass started the foundation in memory of their son, Lake County (Fla.) sheriff’s Deputy Kody Snodgrass. Kody Snodgrass, a bloodhound handler, was killed in a motorcycle accident in 2001.
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Pioneering Police: Black History Month observance honors Winston-Salem’s early black officers
The first black police officer joined the Winston-Salem Police Department in 1941, but he did not wear a uniform and was assigned to work as a special officer with a concentration on juvenile delinquency among black youth.
Within five years, the late Officer John Joyce had joined the uniformed division and worked as a regular police officer, Police Chief Scott Cunningham said yesterday.
Joyce and two other early officers were honored yesterday afternoon at the first annual Winston-Salem Police Department celebration of Black History Month. The celebration was held at Carl Russell Recreation Center.
“Where we are today is a product of what our pioneers have put forth,” Cunningham told an audience of about 100 people, who turned out for the event.
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Police Officers Pick Up Hockey Sticks To Remember Fallen Officer
Greensboro police officers remembered a Winston-Salem officer killed in the line of duty Sunday.
The Greensboro Police Department hosted a charity hockey game at the Ice House of Greensboro in honor of Sgt. Mickey Hutchens.
Officers told WFMY News 2 that the event is about supporting all officers and remembering the sacrifices made on the job.
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