What?! No ‘retirement bone’?!
Amazing creatures on their own, dogs are known to be “man’s best friend.” Some dogs, however, raise the bar to a level most can never attain.
Such is the case with Doxie, K-9 officer with the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office, who officially retired Monday.
Doxie and his handler, Deputy Greg Richardson appeared before Halifax County commissioners Monday in recognition for their work.
While human retirees generally receive a watch to commemorate their tenure, Doxie was presented with a special collar and a plaque to commemorate his work, according to Halifax County Sheriff Jeff Frazier.
“He’s done a good job,” Frazier said.
Richardson said Doxie came to work with the department in 2003. He was a year-and-a-half old. He described Doxie in his early years as the skinniest and ugliest dog he had ever seen.
He said he and Doxie have a bit of a “Turner and Hooch” relationship.
“We kind of started out on the wrong foot,” Richardson said.
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Woman leaves corporate world for town police force
Katie Horgan is not one to just sit back and take life easy.
After earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting, and working in the corporate world in Boston and Portsmouth for four years, she said she felt it was time to do more with her life. She embarked on the road to becoming a police officer and was hired this year by the North Hampton Police Department.
“I went into business because it was safer and more lucrative, but I could no longer sit in an office,” said Horgan. “I wanted something where I could get up in the morning and really enjoy doing what I did.”
However, once she made the decision to become a police officer, there was a lot of work still to be done to convince people she was serious and capable.
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Chelmsford police dog gets his vest
I can tell Axel is a male…females LOVE new clothes!
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Chelmsford police officer Axel has finally received a bulletproof vest. A 3-year-old Czechoslovakian shepherd, Axel has been K9 Officer Dave Leo’s partner since his predecessor Andy died from duty-related injuries two years ago. He received the vest in the mail a little more than a week ago, a late Christmas present.
Leo said many Chelmsford residents donated funds toward the vest, leaving Axel with more money than it cost. The extra funds will be used for other equipment for Axel.
Axel doesn’t like the vest much right now – the few times he’s had the stiff, bulky piece on, he’s made it clear he wants it off – but Leo said he reacted the same way to his harness. He’ll soon get used to the vest, Leo predicted.
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New Castle County Pride donation to help protect K-9 officers
New Castle County Pride Inc. donated nearly $3,000 to New Castle County Police for the purchase of six bulletproof vests for its K-9 dogs on Thursday, Dec. 30.
The nonprofit New Castle County Pride presented a check made out for $2,932.16 to county police at the Judge Morris Estate on the grounds of White Clay Creek State Park near Pike Creek.
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Community raises $10K for Highland, Alpine K-9 unit
A $10,000 drug-sniffing dog is headed to Alpine and Highland.
After a major fundraising campaign, the money needed for the dog was, at last, a done deal on Monday, thanks to Bank of American Fork, Kohler’s grocery store, a Christmas concert, a yard sale and many individual donations.
Bank officials handed over the money to Lone Peak Police Chief Kip Botkin.
“We are extremely grateful,” Botkin said.
Police will now begin doing their homework to decide what specially trained dogs are available nationally. After the dog is purchased, both dog and officer will undergo three months of on-the-job training together as the K-9 team learns how to handle suspects, drug busts and more.
Could you do it?
I know I couldn’t….
Mt. Pleasant police dog settles into beat
Officer George Grippo and his police dog, Gerro, exercise at Grippo's home in Mt. Pleasant. The dog must be kept alert with training on a regular basis.
The Mt. Pleasant police force has grown by one, with the new addition of Gerro, a 2-year-old Dutch Shepherd who recently joined the force as part of the new K-9 unit.
Gerro, who is handled and now works with officer George Grippo will be a welcome addition to the force as he adds his expertise to the unit for detection and discovery.
“He’s a good dog and he’s been good to train,” said trainer Mike Garrow who worked with the canine for over six weeks at his training facility located in Charleroi,” he’ll do well with George.”
Officer Grippo received the dog in July and worked with him, first acclimating him to his home and to his family.
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K-9 pup gets closer to duty
A Slovokian canine is being groomed to sniff out drugs and track down suspects as the latest addition to the K-9 unit at Fort Collins Police Services.
Trigger – half-German shepherd, half-Belgian malinois – was selected in part because of his “high prey drive,” preferring a toy to a tasty snack, said Officer Sean Giddings, Trigger’s handler.
“It’s just the best thing in the world to hold that ball, and they love it,” he said.
It costs $13,000 for the dog and four weeks of training. Trigger, 14 months old, is expected to be ready to hit the streets in the spring.
Police canines are often imported from Europe because American dogs of similar breeds don’t exhibit the same sport-dog genetics.
“Americans breed typically for show and for looks, and unfortunately during that breeding process, they take the work out of the dog,” said Officer Rick Mainwal.
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Shot cop’s miracle
The Brooklyn cop nearly killed in a bloody gun battle with a teen shooter walked out of a Manhattan hospital yesterday to the deafening applause of his brothers in blue.
“Thank you,” a teary-eyed Officer Richard Ramirez whispered as he hobbled on crutches through the two columns of more than 150 shouting cops in dress uniforms that lined NYU Hospital’s entrance on East 34th Street. Many were Ramirez’s pals from the 75th Precinct station house.
“I’m going to be with my family. That’s it,” said Ramirez, 29, flanked by his loved ones and wearing a jersey from his beloved NFL JetsRamirez had been hospitalized since being hit twice in the right leg during an Oct. 17 firefight in Brooklyn.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/shot_cop_miracle_uEng164GWH3phHaLCt0z4L#ixzz19px5yaDR
Praise, scorn heaped on women who helped cops
Three women heard gunshots.
What they did next made them heroes to many people but outcasts to others – including some of their neighbors.
Rose Dodson was awakened by gunfire and tires squealing that night, June 29.
Moments later, her roommate, Delores Keen, watched a man leap over a fence near her apartment. In the distance, at 50th Street and 23rd Avenue in east Tampa, she saw the emergency lights of a police cruiser twirling in the dark, but no officer was in sight.
Both knew something was wrong and stepped outside the safety of the apartment to investigate. A friend, Renee Roundtree, who had been walking to a nearby store, joined them.
Lying on the ground beside the police cruiser, the women found two officers, David Curtis and Jeffrey Kocab.
Keen called a 911 dispatcher. The women tried to give comfort to the mortally wounded officers and waited for the massive police response that followed.
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