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Police dog saves officers life

A police dog which was stabbed while protecting an officer is to receive a special award at Crufts.

German shepherd Anya was injured in January 2008 as police tried to calm a man with a knife in Swindon.

Her officer Pc Neil Sampson was also badly hurt, but both recovered and are back on front-line duty together. Anya will receive her award on Thursday.

Somali translator Essa Suleiman, 27, of London was sentenced to nine years for the attack.

Pc Sampson needed surgery on his head and face and his return to work was delayed when the wounds becoming infected after treatment.

Anya was stabbed in the chest but made a swift recovery.

At the time, acting Ch Supt Kevin Maidment said “The intervention of the dog played a vital part and helped bring to an end this horrific incident.”

via BBC NEWS

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Police dog tracks liquor store robbery suspects

Three men were arrested on charges they robbed a Government Hill liquor store Wednesday night, taking $59.98 worth of liquor and beating the clerk.

William Pete, 22, Andrew Standifer, 20, and Jack Tazruk, 25, were charged with robbery, assault and theft, Anchorage police said.

The three men entered the Hollywood Liquor Store in the 800 block of East Loop Road just before 10 p.m. The clerk told police he was struck, knocked to the ground and stomped on, police said.

Police used a K-9 dog to track the scent of the robbers to an apartment in the 905 Richardson Vista complex. Those inside refused to open the door, and the police SWAT team was called in, police said.

Police broke down the door and arrested the three men. In addition, six others in the apartment were charged with resisting an officer.

The six others arrested were: Miguel Slats, 20; Gerald Aamodt, 40; Curtis Thompson, 21; Fred Oktollik, 20; Jennifer Newhall, 26; and Melissa Shearer, 20.

Oktollik and Newhall were also charged with violating probation, police said.

via adn.com.

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POLICE dog catches knife-wielding car thief who raced through Huyton in stolen Mitsubishi

A KNIFE- WIELDING car thief has been locked up after being tackled by a police dog.

Officers pursued James Lee as he raced at double the speed limit through Huyton in a stolen car.

The 19-year-old, who has a record of stealing cars, eventually dumped the people carrier after going down a dead end off Bluebell Lane, but was chased by uniformed police helped by a force helicopter and a dog.

Lee was sent to a Young Offenders’ Institute for 20 months and disqualified him from driving for three years.

David McLachlan, defending, said Lee had admitted aggravated vehicle taking, driving while disqualified and possessing an offensive weapon.

via Liverpool Echo.co.uk.

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Salem police dog Granit dies of a stomach condition

A Salem police dog died earlier this month from natural causes, police officials said.

Police dog Granit, a 7-year-old German shepherd, died Feb. 4.

The department said Granit died of a canine stomach condition called gastric dilation volvulus, or whats more commonly known as bloat.

Gastric dilation volvulus happens when the stomach becomes distended and rotates, causing internal injury, said veterinarian Robert Shimek of Hoffman Animal Clinic in northeast Salem. Shimek was not Granits veterinarian.

Shimek said the condition can occur without warning in large-breed, deep-chested dogs.

Granit was born in the city of Bebra, Germany, and began training with the Salem Police Department in March 2005. He was certified through the Oregon Police Canine Association and began active duty on May 2, 2005, with Officer Ryan Demmer.

In July, Granit bit and detained Oregon State Hospital escapee Michael Sands, whose carjacking spree included ramming a patrol car and fighting with several officers.

Sands was wrestling with one police officers firearm when Granit latched onto Sands and held him until other officers arrived.

Granits career included searches on patrol, narcotics sting operations, SWAT missions and searches for missing people, Okada said.

Both Granit and Demmer participated in the search and arrests of 416 suspects, totaling 751 criminal charges.

via Statesman Journal

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Magic Johnson

Magic “Earvin” Johnson, Jr. was born on August 14, 1959 in Landing, Michigan. His career began at Everett High School in Lansing and he went on to Michigan State before being drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979. Magic had nine brothers and sisters and his father worked for General Motors while his mother was a school custodian. In his own words, Magic would say as a kid, “I practiced all day and I dribbled to the store with my right hand and back with my left-I even slept with my basketball.”

It was while still in high school that Johnson acquired his famous nickname. A sportswriter covering a high school game felt that no other word could adequately describe Johnson’s skill with the ball. Johnson wanted to stay near his family after high school, so he attended Michigan State also in East Lansing. Even on the Michigan State Spartans, he achieved some notoriety, with scores of up to 17 in a single game. With Johnson, the Spartans took a Big Ten conference title and racked up a 25-5 record! In his second year on the team, the Spartans took on Indiana State (then featuring Larry Bird) to won the national title in what was one of the most highly followed NCAA games of all time.

Opting the pro route, Johnson joined the 1979 draft, where the Lakers picked him up. With a new coach in hand in Jack McKinney and a new owner (Dr. Jerry Buss), the fans couldn’t wait to see one of the best college players in their Lakers uniform. Players from all teams saw the Magic of Johnson and although the NBA rookie of the year went to Larry Bird, the Lakers won the NBA Championship in 1979 with a 60-22 record. When coach McKinney was replaced by Paul Westhead the following year, Magic’s numbers matched his college efforts at 18 ppg, 7.7 rpg, and 73 apg. Proudly, he was the first rookie to start in an NBA All-Star Game-something that hadn’t been done in eleven years!

The 1980 NBA finals saw another amazing performance from Johnson against the Philadelphia 76ers. Johnson scored 42 points, 15 boards, 7 assists and 3 steals in the series. Magic became the first rookie ever to win the MVP award in the finals. Magic was modest as usual about his achievement: “I just wanted to do whatever the (Lakers) needed to do to win. I was having fun.” However, the next year would see Johnson sidelined for 45 games due to torn cartilage in his knee.

Upon his recovery, the Lakers lost no time in regaining their glory, destroying all opposition to take the division title and once again defeated Philadelphia in the NBA finals; and Johnson won his second NBA finals MVP award.

Johnson signed another contract with the Lakers in 1984 – this time for $25 million and led the team to three NBA titles in the next four years. Johnson even scored 38 points in one game (against Houston) and 46 points (against Sacramento) in the 86-87 season. Johnson also achieved a career high scoring average – 23.9 points per game! Johnson would be named the NBA’s MVP for this season, an award he would also win in 1989 and 1990.

Johnson announced before the start of the 1991-1992 season that he had HIV and would be retiring. However, he didn’t simply bow out. Johnson played in the 1991 All-Star game, where he received the MVP award. Johnson has kept extremely busy ever since both in and out of the sports world. He authored a book on safe sex, started companies and foundations, worked as a NBC sports commentator and even spent part of a season filling in as head coach for the Lakers! Johnson also played on the US Olympic Basketball “Dream Team” in 1992. Johnson also returned to the Lakers for part of a season in 1996; a fitting victory lap for this basketball legend.

Magic Johnson made some incredible achievements in his 13 season career in the NBA. He scored 17, 707 points, 6.559 rebounds, 10,141 assists and 1,724 steals. Johnson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hal of Fame in 2002. He remains focused on his charitable work and his own companies; but even after years off the court he is still one of the biggest names in basketball. As his longtime rival and admirer Larry Byrd says of him: : Magic is head-and-shoulders above everybody else. I’ve never seen anybody as good as him.

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Family donates K9 vest in memory of Carly Batz

A bullet- and stab-proof vest was given to Chicco, a 6-year-old German Shepherd who is part of the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Department’s K-9 unit, and Carly Batz would have been happy to see it happen, the girl’s mother said Friday.

“My daughter would have loved this,” Stacey Batz said of her 16-year-old daughter, an animal lover who was killed Dec. 18 in a traffic crash.

“It’s a very worthwhile cause,” Stacey Batz said.

Stacey and her husband, Greg, and the couple’s daughter, Sara – a senior at UW-Eau Claire – were in Eau Claire Friday to see protective vests given to Chicco and Gunnee, a dog with the Marshfield Police Department’s K-9 unit.

The vests were purchased in Carly’s memory through the Wisconsin Vest-A-Dog program, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to provide bullet- and stab-proof vests for the state’s 235 canine officers.

Stacey Batz and her family live in Sun Prairie, and she works for the Deer Grove Veterinary Clinic in Cottage Grove.

Clinic staff wanted to do something in memory of Carly and decided to try to raise enough money, $840, to buy a vest for a canine officer, said Kristi Carnahan, the clinic’s practice manager.

Over the past six weeks, the clinic has donated $10 for every nail trim it provided and also received additional donations from clients and businesses in the Sun Prairie area, Carnahan said.

The clinic has raised enough money to buy seven vests and hopes to continue to raise more money to buy additional vests, she said.

“We’ve had a pretty phenomenal response,” Carnahan said. Donna Morgan of Janesville founded Wisconsin Vest-A-Dog three years ago. Less than 10 percent of the K-9 units in Wisconsin have the protective vests, she said.

“There’s over 200 that do not have them,” Morgan said.

Chicco’s handler is Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Zurek, who said it makes sense for his partner to have a vest.

“We wear them every day, so the dog should be able to too,” he said.

Friday was the second straight day Chicco wore the vest, and he seems to be adjusting to the new apparel, Zurek said.

“The first time he was trying to rub it off, but he seems fine with it now,” Zurek said.

Most K-9 officers killed while on duty are shot or stabbed by the suspects they are attempting to apprehend, Morgan said.

The vests are the only protection these dogs have until their human partners arrive on the scene, she said.

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Police dog Swaney dies at age 12

The Davidson Police Department is sad to report that Swaney, the department’s canine for 11 years, has died. K9 Swaney was recruited in winter 1998 and was named in honor of Davidson Police Officer Mark Swaney, who died in the line of duty on Dec. 25, 1997.

K9 Swaney partnered with Police Corporal Scott Searcy, who has been a Davidson police officer since 1996. When not working, K9 Swaney lived with Corporal Searcy. They were partners until 2007, when after almost nine years of public service, Swaney retired from active duty.

He continued with public appearances and demonstrations, especially in Davidson schools, where he was always loved and hugged by the children. K9 Swaney was a “generalist” police dog, able to do narcotics detection, searches and aggression work.

K9 Swaney was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. “He lived his life valiantly, and exemplified the phrase, ‘When I was called, I gave my all,’” Chief Jeanne Miller said in a press release Saturday. “He will be missed.”

via DavidsonNews.net

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Police Dog finds 300lbs of Wacky Weed

Jackie Spencer and Jennifer Robinson are each jailed on one-million-dollar bonds. They were arrested Friday after a police officer spotted their RV following another vehicle too closely on Interstate 40 west of downtown.

While they were stopped, police dog Mario alerted the officer to the presence of a drug odor coming from the vehicle. A subsequent search turned up 313 pounds of pot hidden in the luggage compartment on top of the motor home and a loaded semi-automatic pistol in the closet.

Drug detectives believe the marijuana was on its way to a site in Nashville for local distribution. Spencer and Robinson are each charged with possession of marijuana for distribution and violating the Crooks with Guns law. Their cases are scheduled on tomorrows Jail Docket.

via News Radio 1420 Lubbock, Texas.

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Police dog finds $3,000 worth of methamphetamine in parked car

A police dog sniffed out $3,000 worth of methamphetamine Tuesday when the dog searched a car parked outside a suspected drug dealers apartment, according to investigators.

The drug was allegedly hidden in the trunk of a car owned by the mans girlfriend, who officers arrested at the complex in the 2100 block of Alameda Avenue.

Police declined to release the 41-year-old womans name, saying the Alameda County District Attorneys Office is still reviewing the case and that it remains under investigation.

Officers visited the apartment of 49-year-old Dennis Young following his arrest Monday night on a bench warrant from an earlier narcotics case in which he faces felony charges of possessing a controlled substance and transporting and distributing a controlled substance, police records show.

After interviewing Young, investigators brought in patrol Officer Chad Rech and his dog, Duke, to carry out a probation search of the apartment and Youngs property.

Along with finding about three ounces of methamphetamine in the trunk of his girlfriends 1998 Honda Civic, the dog helped locate about one-quarter of an ounce of methamphetamine under the windshield visor of Youngs 2006 Honda Accord, police said.

A scale and plastic bags were also found in the womans car, said a narcotics officer who asked not to be named.

The couple are suspected of dealing methamphetamine in Alameda and nearby cities, police said.

via San Jose Mercury News .

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