New K-9 Officer on the Streets in Desert Hot Springs
At the Palm Springs Police Department, they are mourning the loss of “Ike”– a K-9 officer shot and killed early Sunday morning, in the line of duty. But for another police dog, in Desert Hot Springs, the work of fighting crime is just getting started.
“Zeus” is a 2 year old German Shepherd now fighting crime in the city.
The dog and his handler, Officer Miguel Preciado, will be working the night shift, responding to burglary calls and sniffing out drugs.
They’ve been training for months, acutely aware of the potential dangers.
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Blaine Pet Walk will raise funds for second K-9
When the Blaine Public Safety Association (BPSA) conducts its first-ever pet walk next Saturday (April 30), two special law enforcement canines will be in attendance.
K-9 Gunner from the Blaine Police Department will participate in the event, along with Major, a Roseville police K-9 who was stabbed four times while on duty.
A November 2010 burglary attempt at a Maplewood business left Major partially paralyzed. The K-9 gets around with two wheels supporting his hind quarters.
BPSA president Kathy Weinbeck said this week the non-profit organization anticipates about 200 participants will attend the Lakeside Commons Park event.
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Police officers, students to run in Special Olympics benefit
Glenview police officers and youths will hit the ground running next week to raise money for athletes with disabilities.
About 14 officers from the Glenview Police Department will participate in Run With the Law, a benefit for Special Olympics Illinois, at 4:30 p.m. April 27 beginning in Gallery Park, according to a press release.
Students from Attea and Springman middle schools in Glenview Public School District 34 also are scheduled to take part.
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New York Mets to host family of slain police officer
The favorite baseball team of Det. John Falcone has invited his family to a game, VIP-style, when the Mets play the Arizona Diamondbacks at 1:10 p.m. Saturday.
“I’m very proud that they would honor my son,” his mother, Margaret Falcone, of Carmel, Putnam County, said Thursday.
On Feb. 18, Falcone was shot while he tried to disarm a Catskill man, 27-year-old Lee Welch, who had just shot and killed his wife, Jessica, in a parking lot near the Poughkeepsie Railroad Station. He was the first police officer in the city’s history to be shot and killed in the line of duty.
Dealing with his loss has been beyond difficult for his loved ones. Falcone’s mother said, “He was kind, giving and compassionate — he had beautiful qualities.”
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Sheriff’s office, police department dole out awards
When Rock County Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua Molter responded to a car accident, he found a person who had been ejected from the vehicle.
The Aug. 21 crash along Highway 213 south of Orfordville left the driver unresponsive and not breathing.
Molter gave the driver CPR until paramedics arrived. The driver was flown to Rockford Memorial Hospital and survived.
Molter was awarded Wednesday with the Certificate of Lifesaving Award during the Rock County Sheriff’s Office annual awards ceremony. Molter also was named Deputy of the Year for being a field training officer and is slotted to be an evidence technician.
The Janesville Police Department held its awards ceremony last week, honoring the Police Officer of the Year and Civilian Employee of the Year.
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Drug-sniffing dog is students’ new best friend
Kai stares intently at the front of the car.
His mouth salivates with anticipation. His eyes are fixed and focused, ears taut and high.
Suddenly, from behind his head flies a 6-inch piece of fire hose.
He snatches it up and sends it soaring above him. His tail wags uninhibited as he rolls on the ground, enjoying his moment of pure bliss.
The 5-year-old puppy is back.
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Salem’s K-9 team: three years on the job
Salem police patrolman Matt Bell’s partner sleeps in the back seat while he does all the driving. But when it is time to go to work, Dizzy, a Dutch shepherd, is out of her backseat kennel and ready to find drugs.
Bell and Dizzy have been partners on the Salem police force for three years. Bell keeps Dizzy well trained, and they often are borrowed by other cities that don’t have police drug dogs.
Dizzy lives with Bell and is a constant in his life. He is responsible for her care, keeping, medical welfare and mental state.
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Community Supports Injured Officer At Benefit Dinner
Hundreds of people turned out Saturday for a benefit dinner held to honor a police officer who was critically injured after falling from a jersey barrier while chasing a suspect.
Corporal Dan Hahn, of the Cranberry Police Department, continues to recover from the back and leg injuries he suffered on Feb. 14.
He was in attendance at the spaghetti dinner benefit Saturday evening. It was held at St. Ferdinand Church in Cranberry Township through 7 p.m.
“The big thing is they are thanking us for the job that we do every day,” said Cpl. Hahn. “As police officers, firemen, EMS people, we go out and just do it, and you don’t think about – this is going to happen to me or anything like that – but the support is incredible.”
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Off-duty cop shot foiling robbery attempt at Brooklyn car repair shop, hero shoots two robbers
A heroic off-duty cop was shot after he foiled the robbery of a Brooklyn car repair shop Saturday night when he got into a wild shootout with the bandits, cops said.
Anthony Pressly, a Bridge and Tunnel cop, was waiting for his car to be fixed inside ARJ Auto Repair on Albany Ave. when four thugs suddenly burst in the garage and announced a robbery, sources said.
Casper police officer pens novel
His wife had passed away and he needed something. So one day in 2004, Gary Kassay sat down with a black ink pen, a pile of notebook paper and began. When he did, the words took off.
“It pretty much consumed me,” he said of the writing. “It just came to me.”
Three months, roughly 450 pages and “a couple” of black ink pens later, he had produced a novel.
Earlier this month, Kassay, a Casper police officer, saw the book published.
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