Congratulations. (Comm. S)
Chief, are we going to follow the agenda? (Comm. A)
Pretty close, except I think Captain McKee has a presentation that he wants to make. (Chief)
I am going to start off with having Brad Elston and his wife come forward. Brad has been with the department for 20 years, and I think that is monumental. He has done a lot of things with the department; he is currently a K-9 handler and a Corporal. He has done a wonderful job out on the street and is making himself better every day. We really appreciate it, 20 years is a long time to be out here working, and I think we still got quite a few years left in him. We look forward to the future.
Doug Schnarr and Brad got hired around the same time. Doug was supposed to be here, but he had a prior commitment, so it was not able to make it. He has been presented. So, I want to present Brad with his 20-year …show more content…
(Off. Elston)
Next, I would like to bring forward Officer Chris Johnson. We are going to have Storytime here. Come a little closer so the commissioners can hear you. (Chief)
The reason we have Chris here is, Chris is our K-9 Bomb handler, and he is a single purpose handler with a dog. The school kind of came in with us to make this happen and bring that in. Had a lot of questions about that and I know Chris did too because this is a single purpose bomb dog, not every day we find bombs, right? And not every day do we want to go find bombs. Chris has taken it upon himself to train his dog to the greatest extent possible with also finding firearms, shell casings, different things like that because it is not just bombs that we are after.
We had a road rage incident on Perry Road by the mall where someone actually fired shots at someone else. They called Chris out with his dog, and he was able to put his dog to use, which again goes to show you the value that Chris has to the department and the value that a bomb detection dog. I will let him tell the story and what he did. (Capt.
Chief, are we going to follow the agenda? (Comm. A)
Pretty close, except I think Captain McKee has a presentation that he wants to make. (Chief)
I am going to start off with having Brad Elston and his wife come forward. Brad has been with the department for 20 years, and I think that is monumental. He has done a lot of things with the department; he is currently a K-9 handler and a Corporal. He has done a wonderful job out on the street and is making himself better every day. We really appreciate it, 20 years is a long time to be out here working, and I think we still got quite a few years left in him. We look forward to the future.
Doug Schnarr and Brad got hired around the same time. Doug was supposed to be here, but he had a prior commitment, so it was not able to make it. He has been presented. So, I want to present Brad with his 20-year …show more content…
(Off. Elston)
Next, I would like to bring forward Officer Chris Johnson. We are going to have Storytime here. Come a little closer so the commissioners can hear you. (Chief)
The reason we have Chris here is, Chris is our K-9 Bomb handler, and he is a single purpose handler with a dog. The school kind of came in with us to make this happen and bring that in. Had a lot of questions about that and I know Chris did too because this is a single purpose bomb dog, not every day we find bombs, right? And not every day do we want to go find bombs. Chris has taken it upon himself to train his dog to the greatest extent possible with also finding firearms, shell casings, different things like that because it is not just bombs that we are after.
We had a road rage incident on Perry Road by the mall where someone actually fired shots at someone else. They called Chris out with his dog, and he was able to put his dog to use, which again goes to show you the value that Chris has to the department and the value that a bomb detection dog. I will let him tell the story and what he did. (Capt.