Monday, February 16th, 2009
In 2002, Susie Jean was watching a television newscast at her home in Douglasville, Ga. pop. 20,065, when she saw a horrific scene: a fleeing criminal fatally shooting a police dog.
“I had to do something,” says Jean, 51, who was grieving over the recent loss of her two beloved German ...
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Friday, February 6th, 2009
Police dogs: Man’s best friend also makes for great cop
Officer Josh Buhmann and “K-9 Joey” are a dual-purpose team.
Joey is a four-year-old male German shepherd. He’s been with the Evanston police department for two and one-half years, and Buhmann is Joey’s handler.
Buhmann grew up in Riverton and graduated in Laramie. ...
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Friday, February 6th, 2009
Police dog's death is a factor in seven-year burglary sentence
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Police Dog Dio, a Belgian Malinois, was killed in a fall"][/caption]
The death of a police dog in 2007 contributed to a seven-year burglary sentence given Thursday to a Kansas City man.
Prosecutors did not charge Derrick L. Toombs, ...
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