Computers, training aid police officers in dangerous situations
Holidays can bring added stress to people living with unpredictable or mentally unstable family members.
When police officers or sheriff’s deputies are called to intervene, they must take precautions and rely on training to keep the situation from ending tragically.
No agency knows that better than Athens Police Department.
On Jan. 2, 2004, an Athens man called 911 from his Horton Street home, then fatally shot both officers who arrived to help. What the officers did not know when they arrived at the home was that Farron Barksdale was waiting inside by a window with an assault rifle.
When officer Tony Mims pulled into the driveway, Barksdale fired 10 rounds killing him. Barksdale then reloaded and shot Sgt. Larry Russell as he opened the door to his police cruiser. He was convicted in 2007 on two counts of capital murder and sentenced to serve life without parole on each count.
Barksdale, 32, died two weeks after his transfer to state prison.
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Sheriff’s Deputies Credited With Saving The Life Of Compton Toddler
Sheriff’s deputies saved the life of an 18-month-old Compton boy Thursday by clearing the baby’s airway so he could breathe.
Today, the boy’s family and little Eduardo in tow, came to the Sheriff’s station to offer their gratitude.
The rescue occurred just before 4 p.m. Thursday at an apartment in the 2000 block of East Alondra Boulevard, said Sgt. Peter Ramirez of the Compton sheriff’s station.
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Group makes no bones about helping retired K-9s
I love how the writers of all these K9 articles work to get dog related puns into their titles…
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Good boy, Bosco!
In his dogged pursuit of suspects, Bosco was punched and kicked but never deterred.
“He’d gladly take his last breath protecting us,” said Tampa police Officer Jason Tkach.
But the rigors of life as a police dog left Bosco with a back injury and the 7-year-old German shepherd retired in October.
When a police dog retires due to age or injury, the city stops paying medical bills, leaving the animal’s new owner to pick up the tab. Police handlers get right of first refusal to keep their dogs and, generally, say yes.
Tkach, Bosco’s handler and former partner, hopes a new organization will defer some of those costs and perhaps one day help pay for a memorial to police dogs.
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Partners for life: Clearfield police dog permanently off duty
Sniffing for drugs and helping find people are a far cry from what former police dog Turo is doing now. The canine now spends his time amid four children, letting them crawl on him and playing with them. He is not helping serve and protect the community, but instead spending his time as part of a family.
After almost eight years of helping the Clearfield Police, canine Turo is finally settling into family life.
Turo, aka Clearfield Police’s former K-9, served alongside human counterparts.
His most recent counterpart was his handler officer Jeromy Jackson, who decided to adopt him and have him live permanently with his own family.
That decision became official in the second week of November when the city council approved the agreement.
Jackson has four little boys ages 13 months to 6 years old. All of the boys get along well with Turo, who is 9.
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Top 10: K-9 cops earn their badges
Work did more than follow officer Miguel Riccio home this year. It loved him unconditionally, nuzzled its way into his heart and quickly became a special member of his family.
Inca, an Argentinean Mastiff who serves as the Massillon Police Department’s top K-9 Cop, has become Riccio’s best friend at work and at home. The pooch has become a special part of Riccio’s family and they can hardly imagine life without him.
“He sleeps with me and my wife,” Riccio said with a laugh. “I didn’t even let my kids do that. Me and Inca, though, we are real close. It’s like that love you have for your mom and your dad and your family, but all wrapped into one.”
Inca has won more than just Riccio’s heart. The entire department has fallen in love with the big, white pup that wearing the Massillon Police badge.
“All of the officers give him big hugs,” Riccio said. “There are times where he has literally saved our lives.”
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Flint Township officer, K-9 retiring at year’s end
Sergeant David Stone recalls one cold winter night in December 2005 trudging through a snow-covered graveyard.
“It’s the one I remember the most, and it didn’t have to do with any crimes or anything,” said Stone. “The officer found a vehicle up off Pasadena. He started following a trail and working the cemetery area.”
Stone and his K-9 partner Ken found a man in his 80s, lying in the snow disoriented but alive in the Flint Cemetery.
“The doctor said he would have died if we hadn’t have found him,” Stone said. “I will always remember that.”
Police Chief George Sippert pointed at Stone’s love for his job that prompted him to work with a K-9 unit the last decade of a 25-year career with the Flint Township Police Department.
“I think the K-9 program was very important to Sgt. Stone. It takes a lot of time and effort put into it,” said Sippert. “Being a K-9 handler is a job he really loved.”
Stone will retire Dec. 30 and his companion of two-and-a-half years, Bac, will follow him into retirement at five years old.
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New dog replaces retiring K-9 officer in Indiana Township
The Indiana Township Police Department welcomed a new K-9 to the team during a swearing in ceremony at the Town Hall Community Center Dec. 14.
Ares — a 16-month-old, energetic German shepherd dog — replaced the township’s first canine, Bosko, a 9-year-old shepherd now enjoying retirement in the home of his former colleague.
Scott Palmer, Ares’ partner and Bosko’s housemate, not only shares his professional ventures with the dogs, but also his home address, where they live with his wife and two children.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10357/1112706-54.stm#ixzz19it0KnMC
3 Modesto police K-9 pairs are Top Dogs
Taking a break from hunting down criminals, three of the Modesto Police Department’s K-9s and their officers recently were named Top Dogs in a competition with hundreds of teams.
The Western States Police Canine Association holds the competition multiple times throughout the year to promote professionalism and safety for all police canine teams.
Officers and their dogs completed a series of tasks in the areas of obedience, agility, search and protection, and narcotic detection in South San Francisco.
Read more: http://www.modbee.com/2010/12/24/1484746/3-modesto-police-k-9-pairs-are.html#ixzz19iqB9Gz8
State Troopers talk about working during Christmas
NBC25 checked in with the Michigan State Troopers based out of the Flint Township post for a look at how they are celebrating Christmas, as they work to keep you safe.
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