Medina Police Department K-9 Phoenix

I wanted to extend my deepest gratitude to the supporters who have stood by the Medina Police Department K9 Program over the years. Your generosity and encouragement played a vital role in the success and impact of our K9 unit.

While this chapter is coming to a close, I remain proud of all that was accomplished and the positive relationships built along the way.

Many thanks to be given especially to our law enforcement partners that assisted in training opportunities and utilization of K9 Phoenix. Lastly, a special thank you to Chief Draper who built the program from the ground up and passed on his knowledge to aid us in building a successful K9 program.

Main Street Paw Patrol today on this beautiful Monday!

Update: Tonight’s meeting has been moved to the Senior Citizens Center @ 6pm.

PSA: K-9 & School Resource Officer programs: The Village is currently going through the process of finalizing the budget. As part of this difficult task, the Village Board is considering eliminating the SRO and K-9 programs. It is important that these programs are not eliminated without the public’s input.

Please come to the Budget Meeting tonight or reach out to the Village Board Members and let your voice be heard.

Tonight’s meeting is Tuesday April 22, at the Senior Citizen Center, 119 Park Ave. at 6pm.

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Little photo dump of Phoenix's recent activities. We trained with Niagara County K9 units recently and then stopped into Tractor Supply Medina for a refill on food!

Please consider donating. Pastor Russell is a Police and Fire Chaplin for the Village of Medina.

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Donate to Urgent Help for Pastor Russell's Recovery, organized by Jodi Peters I am starting a Go Fund Me for my husband, Pastor Russell Peters who fell gravel… Jodi Peters needs your support for Urgent Help for Pastor Russell's Recovery

Thank you to Niagara County Aviation Unit for a great training day!

MFD Open house

K9 Otto Retirement Announcement

ALBION – K9 Otto has served the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office for 8 years and is scheduled to retire soon.

Otto was born in Holland on July 26, 2014, and was imported through Upstate K9 in October 2016 where he was then paired with Deputy Jeff Cole. Throughout his career so far, Otto has worked over 22,000 hours, has 192 deployments and has patrolled over 175,000 miles in Orleans County. Otto has also loved participating in community events and putting on demonstrations.

The Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit serves all of Orleans County, including assisting the Village Police Departments when needed. We also help our neighboring counties whenever needed. When incidents occur, it is always a collaborative effort with the Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit and our law enforcement partners.

“Words cannot begin to describe how much Otto means to me, my family, the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office and the community he has so faithfully served,” Cole said. “He has been a great partner.”

The Orleans County Sheriff’s Office is looking to purchase another dog to fill the spot of Otto when he retires.

“The next dog has big shoes to fill,” Cole said.

Deputy Cole plans to purchase Otto from the county so he can finish his retirement years in the home he has known most of his life.

The training and certification process requires a tremendous commitment of time and effort on behalf of Deputy Cole and the Sheriff’s Office, but the value of this team is beyond any monetary value. One lost child or elderly person found, one piece of evidence found by the K9 for a critical case to help a victim, drugs found in a search to keep them out of the hands of loved ones…the list goes on.

There are costs involved with obtaining and deploying a K-9 Team. In our case we have an experienced handler in Deputy Cole, but choosing the correct dog is critical to success. The dog must possess the right physical capabilities, temperament, and clarity to complete the training and become certified. K-9 training includes obedience, tracking, article search and apprehension ability for the less than lethal option we need to have available to us. We then add the Drug Detection or Bomb Detection training as well.

Sheriff Christopher Bourke and the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office appreciate any support possible from businesses and community members, as we look forward to continuing the Sheriffs K9 Team with Deputy Cole and a new partner.

Thank you!

Vacation day sunset 🌞

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