Could this be the next WPD K-9 unit?
If all goes according to plan, Myka will be a member of the Williston Police Department next year.
Myka, a 6-month-old German Shepherd, is intended to be trained as the Williston PD’s first K-9 dog since the 1980s.
Officer Dustin Bertsch, who is spearheading the effort to have Myka trained, said having a K-9 unit would be an important addition to the department. He said with the increasing population due to the current oil boom there is a need for improvements to better conduct law enforcement.
“Every tool we can use and utilize would do that,” said Bertsch.
GETTING A NEW K-9 The police department did not have a K-9 unit in its budget.
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How 2 St. Paul cops helped crack alleged sex-trafficking ring
Heather Weyker is a St. Paul police officer who investigates human trafficking, but she’s also a mom.
“The girls that are 10 and 9 that have their moms pimp them out, or the teenagers — you just want to give them a big hug and take them home with you,” Weyker said.
When federal indictments were unsealed last week charging 29 people in an underage-sex-trafficking case that stretched from the Twin Cities to Nashville, Tenn., Weyker was not at the news conferences. But behind the scenes, she and another St. Paul police officer were essential to the case.
Weyker started the investigation and was the lead investigator, said Sgt. John Bandemer, who is the lead sergeant for the department’s vice unit and heads the Gerald D. Vick Human Trafficking Task Force. Bandemer supervised Weyker and worked with her on the investigation, particularly in the past year.
They’ve spent thousands of hours on the case. Weyker has traveled to Nashville more than 20 times in the past year or so, and Bandemer has gone about a dozen times.
Weyker and Bandemer said the time away from their families was difficult but worth it.
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Project Blue Light: Let your blue lights shine for law enforcement during the holidays
For the past 22 years, Concerns of Police Survivors has asked law enforcement families, surviving families, and police supporters to put a blue light in their windows during the holiday season. The blue light is symbolic of our remembrance of those officers who have made the supreme sacrifice and honors those officers who continue to work the violent streets of our nation.
The idea began in 1988 when Mrs. Dolly Craig wrote to C.O.P.S. that she would be putting two blue candles in her living room window that holiday season. One for her son-in-law, Daniel Gleason, who had been killed in the line of duty while serving the Philadelphia (PA) Police Department on June 5, 1986, and one for her daughter and Danny’s wife, Pam, who had been killed in an automobile accident in August 1988. Danny and Pam had 6 children. Dolly Craig is now deceased as well, but the idea is her legacy. Project Blue Light now burns bright in the hearts of the nearly 15,000 surviving families of America’s fallen law enforcement officers during the holiday season.
“Everyone who appreciates law enforcement should get involved with Project Blue Light,” said Linda Gregory, C.O.P.S. National President, “Project Blue Light allows citizens to show support for local law enforcement and the heroes who have been killed in the line of duty.”
Project Blue Light is a simple gesture; during the holidays decorate with blue lights or simply insert a single blue bulb in the candle stick replicas that adorn many windows in homes or businesses. C.O.P.S. also encourages law enforcement agencies to decorate the precinct stations and headquarters in blue lights.
The color blue is symbolic of peace. By displaying blue lights in your holiday decorations, you will be sending a dual message – that you support America’s peacekeepers and that you hope the coming year will be a year of peace.
Visit C.O.P.S. website www.nationalcops.org to order a new LED blue light developed especially for Concerns of Police Survivors by Streamlight®.
Police Chief Duncan proud to ‘live up to the shield’
It’s been 23 years since Barbara Duncan patrolled the streets of Ocean City as a seasonal officer. Now, after a long career with the Mount Vernon Police Department in New York, she’s back.
The new Salisbury police chief will take the reigns Monday and, while she and her husband, Richard, are “slowly unpacking the boxes –and there are a lot of boxes,” Duncan said she’s settling in nicely in a city she’s happy to call home.
“This is the general region I grew up in and I’m very happy for the opportunity to raise my family here,” she said.
Originally from Dover, the 44-year-old mother of six still has family in the area and remembers spending her summers at the beach.
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Dog Stuck On Cliff Rescued By Sheriff’s Deputy
A springer spaniel stuck overnight on a cliff ledge in Lake Pueblo State Park is OK after a sheriff’s deputy rappelled down a canyon to retrieve him. The dog named “Doc” went over an 80-foot cliff Thursday morning while training to become a hunting dog.
The Pueblo Chieftain reports the spaniel became trapped after sliding down a shale canyon side. The pup landed on a ledge about 80 feet down a 200-foot ravine.
Master Deputy Dylan Jacketta says it was too dark Thursday to attempt a rescue, so rescuers passed blankets down to the ledge. On Friday morning, Jacketta rappelled down the canyon and rescued Doc.
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Attleboro Police Dog Gets a New Vest
Attleboro Police K-9 Maddie will now be protected with a new bullet-proof vest thanks to the generosity of Attleboro resident Bobby Earls.
Earls, a former K-9 handler for Conrail, donated the vest to Maddie in memory of Scott Andrews, a Fall River resident who was killed in action in Afghanistan.
Earls worked with Andrews’ father Alfred Andrews and remembers the senior Andrews always talking about his children.
“When Bobby heard about Scott being killed in action it hit him hard,” said Kathy Hinds, of Massachusetts Vest-a-Dog, a group in Walpole that provides dogs in law enforcement with bullet-proof vests.
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State Police Name New Commander at Troop C in Tolland
On the wall of Lt. Samuel F. Izzarelli Jr.’s new office hangs a picture of the serious-faced graduates of the Connecticut State Police Academy’s 96th Training Troop.
Izzarelli, now 48, who was recently named commander of Troop C, is among the freshly minted troopers standing at attention on June 17, 1987 ready to begin their careers in the Connecticut State Police.
Also standing proudly in the photo is his friend, Trooper Russell Bagshaw, who would be shot to death in the early morning darkness of June 5, 1991, in an ambush as he investigated a suspicious car parked outside a gun shop in North Windham.
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New Jersey cop comes up big, helps NYPD nab city crew of thieves hoping to start record label
Four men trying to raise cash to start a record label knocked off 19 businesses, including laundermats, a Baskin-Robbins and gas stations, police sources say.
The three-month crime spree – with robberies in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan – ended when a New Jersey cop saw their faces on TV and alerted the NYPD. The suspects were shown robbing a gas station in Queens.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the Palisades Park cop recognized the foursome from an arrest he made in August. They were suspected of stealing license plates and possession of a BB gun.
Sheriff’s Department Santa Claus Project Delivers Toys to Special Kids
Since its inception in 1995, the Sheriff’s Santa Claus Project, started by detective Mike Wright and retired sergeant Steve Gralian, has expanded beyond Kaiser Hospitals to include Angel Tree, W.E.A.V.E. and Gifts from the Heart.
Santa Mike now visits the homes of families with children diagnosed with a terminal illness and families with special needs, as determined by the staff of Kaiser Hospital and the Sheriff’s Department’s Child Abuse Bureau. Kaiser recognized that Santa’s hospital visits had such a positive impact on the children that it was important for Santa to visit these terminally ill children in their homes. Santa Mike graciously took on this task, with the support of the Sheriff’s Department and Kaiser Hospitals, and relying on his own resources and donations from the Sheriff’s Department andCounty employees, local stores and the Sacramento community.
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Rockingham Sheriff’s Dept. collecting for Toys for Tots
The Rockingham County Sheriff’s office is getting a start on collecting items for Toys for Tots.
The program, as administered by the U.S. Marine Corp Reserves, donates toys to children in families who may not be able to afford Christmas gifts otherwise.
This year, the Sheriff’s Office has volunteered to act as a recipient for donations. Anyone wishing to donate new, unwrapped toys for needy children may either deliver them by mail or hand deliver them to: 101 North Road on the second floor in Brentwood.
The deadline for donations is Dec. 17. Toys for Tots posters are also available.
Contact Deputy Wayne Partington at (603) 679-9476 with questions.
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