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The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office has a new member. “Toby the K-9″ is by no means a typical deputy. And the way the yellow lab came to the Sheriff’s Office is not typical either, even for a canine officer. The former drug dog, who contracted heartworms, got a second chance in life. You never would have guessed this yellow lab suffered from heartworms at one point. At three years old, “Toby” still has a lot of energy and excitement. // if (self['plpm'] && plpm['Mid-Story Ad'])

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The Clare Police Department has a new K-9 Program to augment the department with the addition of new canine officer “Swiper.” The City Commission approved the program at the meeting Monday evening. Swiper was to be sworn in as a Clare Police Officer Wednesday. The program will be evaluated annually. The $50,000 program comes to the city for nearly no cost, thanks to Officer Brian Gregory, also the owner of Northern Michigan K-9 for the past ten years and a trainer/handler for the past 25 yea

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The granddaughter of a mounted and canine officer who regularly escorted the queen of Holland on horse rides has left Toronto Police $30,000 to purchase and train more police dogs. The gift was provided by lifelong dog-lover and retired Bank of Montreal employee Lydia Sullivan, who lived in New York and was in her mid-70s when she died last November. The Toronto Police Services Board voted yesterday to accept the bequest left in her will. A similar amount was left to York Regional Police.

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On Sunday night robbery suspect Antonio Douglas attempted to escape by choking one of Wilmington’s finest, a canine officer named Deon. Canine officers undergo tremendous training to become crime stoppers, but many times their jobs involve risky situations. “He always pays attention to what I’m doing, it’s an incredible backup,” said Officer Stafford Brister of his 5-year-old K-9 partner Igor. “If we have a situation where it poses a significant threat to officers to try to apprehend the sus

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The newest officer on the Gilbert police force is coming from halfway around the world. Zorro is a Dutch Shepherd who will serve in the department’s K9 unit. The newest canine officer was purchased on July 4 solely with donated funds. The almost 3-year-old was born and raised near Didam, Holland. Didam is a small town located in the southeastern part of Holland near the German border. Zorro was trained in the civilian dog sport of KNPV. That’s an acronym which is roughly translated to

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