Taking a Bite Out of Crime

They were seen all around Detroit Lakes — police vehicles from New York, Florida, the Twin Cities.

Eighty-four officers from all over the U.S. were sniffing around town, and they brought their human counterparts with them.

They were part of the National 2011 United States Police Canine Association (USPCA), and they were here for the National Trials.

These dog handlers and their K9 partners had to qualify at regional events to get to Detroit Lakes, and it is here that they determined who is the best of the best.

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KPD unveils new K9 officers during Cash for Canines fundraiser

Along with making drug busts and apprehending dangerous suspects, two new members of the Kokomo Police Department are a rare breed of officers — the four-legged variety.

Trained in drug detection, searches and apprehensions, Danny and Nardo, both Belgian Malinois dogs, are replacing K-9s Max and Remco, who served the community for 10 and seven years, respectively.

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Norman Police Department recognizes K-9 officer

Before Kellee Robertson became a police K-9 handler with Norman police, she was an Animal Welfare Officer and a dog owner. But even those experiences could not prepare her for the bond that occurs between a police dog and its handler.

Seven years ago, Robertson selected Pablo as her canine partner. She was returning another dog she had worked with for two weeks because the first dog was too aggressive toward humans.

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After their careers are over, working animals need to find a new purpose in retirement

Cico used to sniff out drugs and run down lawbreakers.

Now he stops and smells the roses — and chases squirrels.

But after years of putting his nose to the grindstone, life for police dog K9 Cico, while calmer, has lost some of its purpose.

Before retiring two years ago at the age of 8, Cico, a purebred German Shepherd, worked as a cross-trained narcotic detection/patrol dog for Lancaster city police under the direction of his handler, Det. Mike Gerace
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New Graduating K-9 Officers: A Look at Their Training

Three “F’s” handlers, trainers, and canines live by are firm, fair, fun.

That’s according to long-time dog handler Gene England.

Apprehension, searching for narcotics, and obedience are tests new canine officer’s and their new partners train for at Gene England’s Advance K-9 Academy in Scottsville.

Jamie Lampton with the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department says this is something he has always wanted.

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Edgewater welcomes 1st K-9 team

Karma is a great name for a K9!

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As Edgewater Police Officer John Tarr and his new partner, Karma, trained Wednesday morning, their similarities were remarkable.

The 38-year-old man and 2-year-old Belgian Malinois both bounded excitedly across the grass, determined to please the other. They displayed intense attention to their lessons, and both appeared to be having fun.

“I am the one who is getting all the training,” said Tarr of the more than 400 hours of instruction he and Karma will require to gain their operational certification.

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Police K-9 Dog Trials Raise Money for Slain Police Officer

The Salisbury High School football field was the venue for the first Police K-9 Trials, held Sunday in memory of fallen Berks County Deputy Sheriff Kyle Pagerly, whose K-9 partner, Jynx, was working with him when he was slain.

Pagerly was shot in the line of duty on June 29, 2011 leaving a wife, unborn child and other family members to cope with their loss.

Jynx, a two-year-old German Shepherd, was trained at the Philadelphia K-9 Academy in 2009 with a speciality in explosives and patrol.

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Sheriff’s Dept. Saves Woman from 500-Foot Cliff

The Sheriff’s Air-5 Rescue crew rescued a 24-year-old woman who was clinging to the side of a cliff 500 feet above the canyon floor in Topanga Thursday evening, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department.

In a press release, officials said the hiker was trapped for over two hours in a seated position with “one hand grasping the sandstone cliff side.” The woman and her climbing partner were attempting to scale down a vertical rock called “Eagle Rock” at Topanga State Park, said the LASD.

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Sheriff’s deputy hailed as hero for stopping runaway car

A sheriff’s deputy was hailed as a hero today for positioning his patrol car in front of a car that had lost its brakes on a hill in La Crescenta at more than 50 mph and stopping the vehicle before it crashed on a curve, authorities said.

The incident happened at about 11:20 a.m. Thursday on southbound Pennsylvania Avenue south of Foothill Boulevard, the sheriff’s department reported.

Deputy Marcelo Ruiz was driving the patrol car, accompanied by reserve Deputy Alfred Danelian, when they saw a woman in a Ford Focus “frantically trying to get their attention as she drove down (the) hill,” sheriff’s Sgt. Debra Herman of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station said in a statement.

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Wooster Police officers who diffused situation, saved lives, honored for efforts

Three police officers were honored by City Council for their efforts in saving the lives of two citizens over the past few weeks.

Matthew Simon, Robert Henderson and Ken Saal were presented with a Life Saving Award by Chief Matt Fisher.

According to incident reports, as summed up by Fisher, Simon and Henderson were placed in a situation in which they could have used deadly force but did not. Saal helped to locate and save a suicidal woman from Wooster Memorial Park.

Fisher went through a case synopsis for a Sept. 3 incident on the 2400 block of Montclair Avenue where Simon and Henderson were dispatched.

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