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Peru police to get new K9 officer, handler · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Peru police to get new K9 officer Handler. Written by Tom Collins
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  This article is being read by an automated voice, brought to you
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  by Everlett. Peru police are getting a new K9 officer, the dog
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  name is Turbo, and this pooch does not bite. Tuesday, the Peru
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  City Council voted unanimously to approve K9 training for the city's new
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  drug dog, a black Labrador Retriever, as well as for the training
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  of K9 handler Ben Bentley. The 18,500 training costs will be paid
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  from the drug fund. Police Chief Sarah Raymond said, the department's previous
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  K-9 handler accepted another position and that Bentley expressed interest in filling
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  the vacancy. Officer Bentley has been with our department for fifteen years
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  or more, Raymond said, and we are excited to give him the
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  opportunity and excited to have a canine back. Raymond described K 9
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  Officer Turbo as a single purpose dog, which is to say its
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  primary function will be drug detection, though it can also assist with
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  missing person searches and manhunts. Turbo's duties will not, however, include any
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  form of attack or biting to subdue a suspect.