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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 29, 2009

San Diego Area Agency May Eliminate K-9 Unit in Budget Cut

Some officers who have trained police dogs in the California city of Chula Vista are questioning the wisdom of a City Council vote on Jan. 13 to eliminate a police K-9 program to help balance the city's budget.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 22, 2008

Off-Duty Long Island Cop Saves Drowning Man, While Hunting

A Long Island cop and his dog saved the life of an elderly man trapped for hours in an icy marsh—then went on with their planned hunting trip, the officer said Sunday.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 4, 2008

Washington Man Faces Third Strike Sentencing for Killing K-9

Sentencing for a Brush Prairie man who got his “third strike” for killing police tracking dog Dakota has been set over to Dec. 12.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 26, 2008

Baggage-Sniffing Federal Beagle Retires in Style at LAX

Customs officials, officers and four-legged colleagues turn out for Shiloh's retirement party. The dog reaches the mandatory federal retirement age of 9 next week.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 13, 2008

L.A. County Sheriff's Officials Acknowledge that Genetic Evidence in 5,635 Rape Cases May be Untested

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, under pressure from county supervisors and watchdog groups to account for its handling of DNA evidence from sexual assault cases, acknowledged Wednesday it did not know whether genetic evidence from more than 5,600 rape cases had been examined.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 10, 2008

K-9 Down Training Early Registration Available

K-9 Down is a specialized training program for working dog handlers and emergency professionals who respond to injured canines. Upcoming courses will be available in North Carolina, Florida, and New York.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 26, 2008

San Diego Officer Cleared in Shooting of Man Who Stabbed K-9

The San Diego County District Attorney's Office has concluded that a police officer was justified in using deadly force in January against a drunk, knife-wielding man who stabbed the officer's police dog several times.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 21, 2008

Miami Police Fatally Shoot Suspect Who Fired on Cop, Dog

A man armed with two shotguns and a pistol was shot to death by Miami cops in Allapattah on Wednesday morning—but not before he wounded a sergeant and a police dog.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 8, 2008

Maryland Mayor Says SWAT Team Raided His House by Mistake, Killed Dogs

A Maryland mayor is asking the federal government to investigate why SWAT team members burst into his home without knocking and shot his two dogs to death in a mistaken drug raid.The raid last week was carried out by the Prince George's County Sheriff's Department after a package containing marijuana was mailed to the home of Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 24, 2008

Probe: San Diego Police Dog Died of Heatstroke

The San Diego police dog left in the back of his handler's patrol car last month died of heatstroke, county investigators said yesterday, and it will be up to the District Attorney's Office whether it will charge the officer.

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