First Police K-9 Handler to Be Honored
His partner was once called the “rookie with a fur coat.” In their day, the two made headlines fighting crime in Riverside.
Fifty-three years later, Loren Mitchell is being honored for his distinguished service as the first K-9 handler for the Riverside Police Department.
Mitchell, now 82, will be recognized during a 6:30 p.m. ceremony at Riverside City Hall, where the career lawman will receive a plaque from police Chief Sergio Diaz as well as special acknowledgements from members of the department’s K9 team.
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Community Foundation donation aids Prescott police K9 Unit
Prescott Police Chief Mike Kabbel accepted a $7,000 check recently from Paula Morris of the Yavapai County Community Foundation to be used for the department’s K9 Unit.
Money from the grant will be used to insert a dog cage in a patrol car, buy a ballistic dog vest for the new K9, replace a deteriorating bite suit, and enhance the training area previously built and funded by an earlier YCCF grant, said Lt. Andy Reinhardt, Prescott Police Department spokesman.
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Cops Take to Dunkin’ Donuts Rooftop for Charity
The University of Maryland police could be found where many cops across the country could be found this weekend – on top of a donut shop.
Yes, on the rooftop.
It was part of a nationwide fundraiser for the Special Olympics, and the Dunkin’ Donuts in College Park was one of eight participating locations in Maryland. The UMd. Department of Public Safety officers raised $5,450, surpassing their goal by $450.
From 6 a.m. Saturday morning until noon Sunday, three officers from the department camped out on top of Dunkin’ Donuts, hollering on bullhorns and encouraging customers to donate. A $5 donation earned customers a free coffee.
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Indiana State Trooper on dinner break saves choking woman
An Indiana State Trooper on his dinner break was at the right place at the right time to save a woman’s life.
Trooper Gary Runde was at a Crown Point restaurant when Katrina Wright, 36, of Lowell began choking around 7:10 p.m. Sunday.
As Runde approached, Wright placed her hands around her throat and nodded yes when asked if she was choking, according to a release from the state police.
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Benicia Police Department Gets New Dog
The Benicia Police Department has purchased a new police canine and selected a handler. The new team will replace retired police dog Jazz. The purchase was financed with a significant private donation from the Syar Foundation of Napa.
The new dog, Bak, an 18-month-old German shepherd born in the Netherlands, will team up with Benicia Police Officer Kirk Keffer to form Benicia Police Department’s newest K9 team. Bak and Keffer will join Officer Damiean Sylvester and Mirco, another German shepherd. The department purchased Mirco in April 2009 and they started working the street as a team in June 2009.
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Sheriff Grady Judd will not star in his own TV show
I had to laugh at the comment left the other day, “Remember the interview Judd Grady didn’t give? Me neither.”
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The top cop of Polk County, Sheriff Grady Judd, says he will not star in a television show.
Sheriff Judd has made national headlines for how far he and his department will go to fight crime. They’ve hunted down suspects in Maryland, Colorado, even Australia.
Judd has always been a straight shooter when it comes to explaining his no-nonsense approach to locking up the bad guys and protecting citizens, especially children.
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Sheriff Judd considering reality TV show
Hey, I’d watch it. I like him. UNLESS it’s done by those same cornpones who put together Southern Fried Stings. Then all bets are off.
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He’s known nationwide as the sheriff who cuts to the chase: “He left a trail of evidence that a blind man could’ve followed.”
He’s not shy, he doesn’t beat around the bush and now he could become even more high-profile than he already is.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd has been approached by a Lakeland-based production company that wants him to do a reality TV show.
Judd’s often sarcastic – but pointed – soundbites have been heard across the nation:
“You know, you can run, but you just go to jail tired.”
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Memorial service for fallen K9 Officer
Rest in peace, Hatos.
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One by one, each canine officer and his human partner filed past the picture of Hatos and the urn containing the fallen dog’s ashes.
Each dog, professional and alert, stopped briefly to pay respects to one of their own. Hatos, a nearly 3-year-old Belgian Malinois who worked for the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s office, died Aug. 6 of heat exhaustion after pursuing two escaped juvenile inmates. On Friday, Hatos was memorialized just as any other police officer killed in the line of duty would be – with a ceremony befitting a hero.
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Kids and SWAT team members join forces on the water
One of the fastest growing team sports in the world is dragon boat racing
Some Orlando teens are taking a quick trip from Jones High School to a whole new world of paddles, boats and the open water.
After a brief warm up, these city kids are ready to do something that’s fairly new to them.
“Every time I have to tell someone what it is because they’ve never done it before,” said Antone Jackson, a Jones High senior. “So they’re always like ‘what is that?’”
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Cops thank Florida City man for saving coworker’s life
On the morning of March 4, 2009, Jeff Porter was working in the hardware department at the Florida City Wal-Mart when he heard co-worker Shenel Gibbs being yelled at by her boyfriend two aisles away. He saw the boyfriend grab her arm and shake it.
But he didn’t expect what happened next.
The man pulled out a gun and shot her seven times in the thigh, torso and buttocks.
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