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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