New police dog on O’side force

The police have a new dog on the force, thanks largely to donations from local business owners and residents, a police lieutenant in the coastal city announced Monday.

Maximus, a 1-year-old Belgian Malinois, recently completed basic patrol training and started working in the field with his handler, Officer Anis Trabelsi. The pair have already caught three felony suspects, according to Lt. Leonard Mata.

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Police Dog Will Return to Work

Baro, a police dog that specializes in sniffing out narcotics, will be returning to work soon.

Police Officer Andrew Stinson, who is on paid administrative leave in connection with a criminal probe, into missing union funds, turned over Baro to the department on Nov. 19, police Chief Michael Kehoe said.

“The dog is going to be redeployed,” Kehoe said. “There was some uncertainty with the K-9 program. We didn’t want to lose it.”

Eight officers have asked to be named Baro’s new handler, and they will go through panel interviews with K-9 experts before being chosen, Kehoe said.

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K-9s suit up with body armor

As Hemet officers prepare to enter a warehouse, police dog Rosco waits on a leash connected to his newly equipped armored vest, ready to attack.

His trainer, Officer Derek Maddox, gives the final order to an officer acting as a decoy suspect who is hiding during the training exercise on a recent night at the Hemet city industrial yard.

The K-9 unit’s three Belgian Malinois are training with the new body armor after a New Mexico woman donated two bulletproof and knife-resistant vests. The department already had one vest donated several years ago.

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Troopers Rescue Man From Burning Vehicle

Two Indiana State Troopers are being credited with saving a New Albany man’s life this weekend.

Indiana State Police officials said Trooper Patrick Stinson was traveling north on State Street when he was flagged down by a pedestrian who alerted him to a car that had crashed into a tree and burst into flames.

Stinson removed his fire extinguisher from his vehicle and broke the back window and extinguished the fire, then attempted to pull the driver, Vincent Nicholson, from the vehicle.

ISP said that another fire then broke out. Stinson extinguished that fire and once again attempted to pull the driver from the car, but was was again unsuccessful as flames erupted again.

About this time, Trooper Brock McCooe arrived on the scene and

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