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Thursday, June 27, 2013

The Molly Chronicles - Jury Duty



Hey, Ho, it's Molly here reporting again from the courthouse.

Yesterday was a thrilling day for me actually hearing from Officer Hansen, who trains dogs in the K-9 Corp.
Today, Officer Hansen took the witness stand again, and, being a dog, I was very interested in his testimony. Officer Hansen works with Caesar, a five-year-old German Shepherd, and it was Caesar who had apprehended the suspect, Rudy.
I couldn’t help it. I whined and I was straining at the leash as Officer Hansen described Caesar’s actions on the morning of April 26th that led to the arrest of Rudy the car borrower.

It gets better! The District Attorney asked that Caesar appear in court to testify.
I felt like saluting as Caesar took the stand. In true form, Caesar raised his right paw and barked his sworn oath.

They did a courtroom demonstration of the arrest. Caesar stood ready, his ears cocked forward waiting for the signal from Officer Hansen. They brought in a police officer dressed in padding who was supposed to look like the perpetrator. (Perpetrator means very, very bad dog in human speak.)
On command, Caesar lunged at the “perp”, grabbing his right forearm in his massive jaw. They struggled for a few minutes. It looked as if Caesar had subdued the human, and then all of a sudden he slipped out of Caesar’s grasp. We all held our breath. What would Caesar do next?

Then the “perp” did something really sneaky. He pulled a sausage out of his pocket and threw it across the room, and he smiled and told Caesar, “go get it, doggy!”
Caesar didn’t even flinch. He grabbed the human by the arm and held on until Officer Hansen slapped his handcuffs on the “perp” and led him away. I feel so much safer knowing brave dogs like Caesar are patrolling our streets. 




                                            A Snapshot of Caesar on Patrol


I think I’m falling in love with Caesar. You may call it puppy love, a crush, infatuation, hero worship. But I can see a real future with Caesar – a litter of puppies, a vacation home in dog park.


This is Molly signing off with a sigh.

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