Rightey-O. That's what was meant by that video. Uh, huh. Not like you couldn't spin it another way, is it? I'm not going to argue with you, sorry. Just stay on topic or start your own. 

I remember this officer from last year as well. I thought this guy warrants hero. 
 

Dog tried to save fallen partner, officials say

Deputy Sheriff Kyle D. Pagerly's K-9, Jynx, tried to save the mortally wounded officer

by Jason A. Kahl 
Reading Eagle 

BERKS COUNTY, Pa. — Deputy Sheriff Kyle D. Pagerly's K-9, Jynx, tried to save the mortally wounded officer and likely did save the lives of other officers searching for Matthew M. Connor in the woods near his family home in Albany Township, officials said Thursday.

Connor, 25, took cover in a sniper's nest at the top of a steep hill in the woods Wednesday night when the fugitive task force of federal, state and local officers team went to the property on Pine Swamp Road with a warrant for his arrest, according to state police.

Jynx alerted Pagerly to Connor, who was in full camouflage, troopers said. Moments later, Connor stood up and refused an order to drop his semiautomatic rifle, investigators said. Pagerly and Connor were both fatally wounded in the shootout that ensued.

"Jynx was a hero because he alerted on this guy," an investigator said after a press conference Thursday in the state police station on Kenhorst Boulevard. "There could've been more people killed or injured if it were not for that."

And District Attorney John T. Adams said that after Pagerly was shot, Jynx grabbed his partner's pants leg and tried to pull him to safety.

It might have been one of the 3-year-old German shepherd's last official acts as a member of the sheriff's department, according to Sheriff Eric J. Weaknecht.

"When we went to notify Pagerly's wife, one of her first questions was, where is Jynx?" Weaknecht said. "He will be retiring. Jynx is part of their family and the family has been torn apart enough already."

City police said some police K-9s can handle the loss of a handler and return to duty, but opinions were mixed.

According to a former K-9 officer, the bond between a police dog and its handler is so strong that the officer's death can end the animal's working life.

"They spend more time with each other than a human does with his family. You really get to know each other," said Amity Township police Chief Kent A. Shuebrook, who served on a K-9 team for six years during the 1980s with the Toms River Township Police Department in New Jersey.

"The limiting factor is how old is the dog," Shuebrook said. "The average utility of a K-9 dog is seven or eight years."

Shuebrook said he wasn't commenting specifically about how the Berks County sheriff's department should handle Jynx.

Pagerly and Jynx had been working together since the sheriff's department's K-9 unit was formed in 2009. Little more than a puppy then, Jynx was trained to detect explosives and track people.

Shuebrook knows what the bond between Pagerly and Jynx was like.

"It's the best partner in the world," he said. "They trust you. You are the leader. They have faith in you and look out for you, and you for them.

"You spend all those hours training together, working together, in the car together. He's never in a bad mood because he had a fight with his girlfriend."

Copyright 2011 Reading Eagle

Much better gigante.

Rookie HPD K9 nabs three suspects on first night

Sunday, April 08, 2012

This rookie police pup, seen here running with its new handler, found three burglary suspects hiding in the woods. One of the suspects was bitten

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HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A new police dog tracked down three burglary suspects northeast Houston on its first night on the job.  Officials said police responded to a silent alarm around 4 am Sunday. When they reached the store, they saw three men running out the back of the business. Officials said the men ran into a wooded area and police called in a K9 unit. It was a new dog and a new handler.

The dog found all three suspects, and even came out with one of the men's shoes in its mouth. One of the suspects was bitten, officials said.

The alleged burglary trio was arrested. Police said they found a video game system that was taken from the store on one of the suspects. It was unclear what else was taken.

 

(Copyright ©2012 KTRK-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)

 

Remember folks we need to include links when we copy off other sites. Also, most people go off topic here or there and if you want us to start getting down on people we can but please refrain froming doing it yourselves. I just watched a video on the petting thread and it wasn't on topic so again we can start cracking down, but I don't think most members want that.

And finally from, my standouts, Sgt Wheeler. Goes to prove again you can get get
some exceptional dogs from shelters.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/rescued-shelter-dog-now-top-york-canine-crime-224132098.html

Rescued shelter dog now a top New York canine crime fighter

By Eric Pfeiffer | The Sideshow – Fri, Mar 2, 2012

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Wheeler's police profile page (troopers.ny.gov)                                                                                                                                                                A German shepherd rescued from a New York State animal shelter has become one of the state's top crime fighting dogs.

Known as Sgt. Harry J. Wheeler, the K-9 star who has helped find six bodies in police investigations was found wandering the streets of Brooklyn as an abandoned pup eight years ago, according to Petside. Wheeler was rescued by Liz Keller, who works for the Glen Wild Animal Rescue. Petside writes that when Keller noticed Wheeler's keen perception and protective nature, she thought he would make a good police dog. He then went through a 20-week training course with the New York State Police canine division, and he serves today in Binghamton, N.Y.

Sgt. Wheeler has played a critical role in several police investigations, including helping investigators locate the body of a missing boy, the New York Daily News reported. Police had been unable to find the boy's body for months. "Without the body, [the suspect in the boy's murder] wouldn't have been convicted," New York State Police Trooper Michael Boburka told the paper.

Wheeler even has his own profile page on the New York State Police's website, where his specialties are listed as: "Handler protection, tracking, building searches, narcotics detection, and cadaver detection."

"He's been such a good partner," Boburka told the Huffington Post. "It's hard being a canine handler, but Wheeler made it easy."

And though Wheeler's record is exceptional, he's definitely not the only shelter dog serving on the force. The New York Daily News also reports that about one-third of New York State's police dogs are also rescues. "I don't know why they get such a bad rap," Sgt. David Rivera, who heads the unit, told the paper.

 

It's been a banner year for crime-fighting German shepherds. Last May, the titanium plated German shepherd who helped take down Osama bin Laden was referred to by the New York Times as "the nation's most courageous dog."

Maj. William Roberts, commander of the Defense Department's Military Working Dog Center at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, told the paper that dogs have the skills to help sniff out explosives in war zones, check door handles for explosives and even detect whether a building is full of enemy soldiers.

What a pleasure to see such a positive thread. Thanks Bee, and all the others who are here contributing the positive posts.

K9 found suspect hiding in the attic:

http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2012/06/police-dog-locates-hiding-suspect-in-south-natomas.html

Watch the video on the link below about Bodie, a K9 shot in the line of duty.  Bodie is recovering from his wounds.  

http://www.fox40.com/news/headlines/ktxl-k9-officers-face-same-dangers-as-human-officers-20120521,0,3775382.story

Picture of Bodie taken this month (from the Sacramento police canine facebook page):

Local police dog nominated for 2012 Hero Dog Award

https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120616/news/706169930/

Here's an update on Bodie, see the post ^^^^above. Pretty amazing what these vets have done, I think!

http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2012/06/sacramento-k-9-to-be-released-this-afternoon.html