5K raises $10K for K-9s
More than 150 participants showed up for a 5K run at Nay Aug Park on Saturday morning, using their two legs to raise more than $10,000 for the Scranton Police Department’s four-legged officers.
The proceeds from the run, a first for the department, will benefit the four police dogs that make up the police K-9 unit. The money will help pay for medical care and possibly purchase more dogs for the department in the future.
“We wanted to keep the K-9 unit going,” said police Capt. Carl Graziano, who helped organize the run. When it began at 9 a.m. Saturday morning, 179 runners had registered and received bibs, a bigger turnout than the organizers expected.
Although registration cost $20 and included a T-shirt, the bulk of the fundraising at Saturday’s event came from more than 50 local sponsors. Other participants made donations without participating in the race.
The department’s K-9 unit was reinstated in 2003 with the purchase of two German shepherds, Brix and Blitz. Brix retired earlier this year, but Blitz, who works with Officer Robert Stelmak, was at the race with his three colleagues.
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New Kind of Sheriff in Churchill County
It can cost tens of thousands of dollars to train a K9 officer. In a lot of communities nationwide, these very departments are in the dog house. But one Churchill County Sheriff’s Deputy has taken up the challenge of creating one.
Deputy Chris Thorn has been trying to set up a K9 program for some time now. But the story with the bigger bite is his new partner, eight-year-old Tinka. The former border patrol agent was just days away from being put down, before being saved.
Deputy Chris Thorn
“She’s a fun loving dog,” Dep. Thorn said. “She loves kids, she loves people in general, and she’s a big moral booster in our department.”
Eight-year-old Tinka worked as a border patrol agent for six years. After her her retirement unseen circumstances put her in the dog house. She was just days away from euthanasia, when a rescue group discovered her potential in the pound and found her a new job with the Churchill County Sheriff’s Office.
This working dog has worked hard with the help of her trainers, proving an old dog can learn new tricks.
“We changed up things to make it a little more motivational for her because she hasn’t worked in a long time,” Brian Howard, her trainer, said.
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Officer dogged by a dream
In hopes of following in the paw prints of her father, a Pueblo police officer is seeking help from the community to become a K-9 officer.
Mindy Mangel is seeking donations to expand the Pueblo Police Department’s K-9 unit. Police currently have one dog, which is used solely for drug investigations.
“We don’t have a dog on patrol and there are numerous times we have to call the sheriff’s office for a dog or one wasn’t available,” Mangel said. “This will be an all-purpose dog, a community dog.”
Mangel said she is trying to raise $9,000 by the end of November to buy a dog and for training, both for her and the K-9.
“It’s 9K for K-9,” the three-year officer said.
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Lorain police officers are selling T-shirts to help Avon officer
Lorain police officers are supporting a former co-worker who was injured while on duty by selling T-shirts to raise money for him and his family.
Pete Soto, an Avon police officer, remains at MetroHealth Medical Center in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle while on duty earlier this week.
Soto had previously worked for Lorain’s police department before joining Avon’s force.
Craig Payne and Matt Bonkosk, who both worked along side Soto in Lorain, wanted to help Soto with his medical bills.
The duo created a T-shirt in honor of Soto that they could sell to raise money to help ease the financial burden on Soto and his family.
The shirts are being sold for $20 each.
To purchase a T-shirt contact Bonkoski or Payne at helping_soto@yahoo.com
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Cops take Twitter with 24-hour crime tweet-athon
More than halfway through #gmp24, the U.K. Greater Manchester Police’s Twitter mission to tweet every call in a 24-hour period, patterns emerge.
Men are acting suspiciously. Youths are causing trouble. Houses are being locked out of. Threats are being made. People seem confused. Something smells like cannabis.
Also, dogs. Loose dogs, verbal abuse over dogs, a frightened dog carried over a bridge that someone mistook for an endangered baby.
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Digital Safety Technologies to Raise $10,000 for C.O.P.S.
Digital Safety Technologies today announced it will donate three dollars to Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) for every visitor to its exhibit at IACP 2010.
Every year, between 140 and 160 officers are killed in the line of duty, and their families and coworkers are left to cope with the tragic loss. C.O.P.S. provides resources to help them rebuild their lives. Attendees of IACP 2010 can be a part of the solution for those left behind, by visiting the Digital Safety Technologies exhibit, booth #1417, to secure another contribution toward the goal of a $10,000 donation.
“At Digital Safety Technologies, we take our commitment to officer and public safety very seriously,” says Roger Lucas, General Manager. “Our products help protect officers in the field and in the courtroom – now everyone here is excited about the opportunity to help their families and colleagues, too.”
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Tournament benefits Seguin PD’s 4-legged officers
Dogs and washer-pitching typically don’t have anything in common.
Unless there are teams that are tossing a few disks to raise money for Seguin’s furriest officers.
For the second year, “Pitchin’ For Pups” Washer Tournament will benefit the Seguin Police Department’s K-9 Unit, said organizer Monty Trost said.
“We found out that the K-9 unit has an on going needs that are never going to cease,” he said. “We don’t care what they use the money for as long as it is for the dogs. They can use it to buy doggie shampoo, dog biscuits or whatever they need.”
Seguin Police Chief Kevin Kelso pointing out that there are some expenses most people might not think about.
“They are in and out of vehicles a lot, so we have frequent vet bills, also the costs of dog food, leashes, training aids, bite suits, they all add up,” he said.
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Police’s K-9 officers give back
Two furry members of the Beaverton Police Department’s K-9 Unit have now reached “Superhero” status.
German shepherds Watson and Kahz in the past couple weeks donated blood through the DoveLewis Blood Bank Program to aid in its effort to provide enough blood and plasma every year for more than 600 transfusions for dogs and cats.
Both K-9 officers were identified as ideal donors when all five police handlers had their canine partners tested to see if they had one of the two “universal” blood types for dogs.
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Norwalk police unveil crime fighter trucks
City police will be able to roll the SWAT team out faster, while detectives will be able to work crimes scenes more effectively thanks to two new state-of-the-art vehicles the city just bought with federal funds.
Police Chief Harry Rilling and Mayor Richard Moccia rolled out the vehicles — which cost $330,000 — in the police department’s parking lot Wednesday afternoon to show the city is using federal grants to make law and order improvements around the city and make the police department better equipped to handle dangerous crime scenes.
The new tactical response vehicle will carry members of the city’s 24-officer SWAT team, called the Tactical Response Unit, to incidents such as hostile situations and drug busts with all needed equipment.
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Rotarians secure grant for dog’s vest
From a cold, calloused point of view, a police dog — or K9 unit — is just another tool to be used by officers to protect the public.
But from a more human perspective, the handler and dog form a bond, said Union County Sheriff Ernie Ritter.
“You get emotionally attached,” he said Monday during a meeting of the Lewisburg Sunset Rotary Club.
At his feet was Justus, a 2-year-old German shepherd trained in explosive detection and criminal apprehension.
“But it is his job to be sent into harm’s way,” the sheriff told the club members. “You may be called upon to sacrifice your dog to save human life.”
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