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Murrysville police Officer Scott Kettren is brushing up on his Dutch to work with his new partner: Argos, the department’s new police dog. Argo replaces Raz, who was retired earlier this year after working more than five years with Officer Brian Dulkis. After Raz’s retirement, Kettren volunteered to work with the next police dog. “I’ve always liked dogs,” Kettren said. “It’s an added dimension to law enforcement.” Argos is a 16-month-old Belgian Malinois from the Netherlands. Chief Tom S

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Whether you’re an expert handler like Portsmouth Police Officer Scott Pearl or a regular pet owner, the biggest challenge of the Iron Dog Competition is often just keeping up with the dogs. Just ask Joe St. Marie of Jerico, Vt. It was St. Marie and not his dog “Jester” who was panting Saturday as they crossed the finish line of the 13th Annual Iron Dog Competition, which required handlers and their dogs to navigate a roughly 1 1/2 mile course full of obstacles, crawls, hurdles and challenges

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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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When his K-9 partner was killed on Aug. 6, Zephyrhills Police Officer Joe Rinaldo went into a shell of grief and self-doubt. He’d spent about every waking moment of the last three years with Gunner, a majestic solid black German shepherd who stood so tall on his hind legs he could wrap his paws around Rinaldo’s neck. Losing Gunner was almost more than he could bear. He considered quitting the department … for about a day. “I could have left and probably been hired by another department,”

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Radar, slain Forest Service Officer Kristine Fairbanks’ K-9 partner, is now retired and “rather spoiled,” says his caretaker. “He’s got his own bed; he sits up on the couch with me,” said Port Angeles police Officer Dan Morse, 31. “He has free run of the domain.” The 8-year-old German shepherd was in Fairbanks’ sport utility vehicle when she was shot outside of it one year ago today at the Dungeness Forks Campground. Radar is believed to have witnessed the shooting from inside the vehicl

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