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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. Iii-*S <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 20, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: RETIREMENT OF DRUG DOG <br /> DEPARTMENT: PURCHASING AND Public Hearing: Yes: No:_x <br /> CENTRAL SERVICES Budget Amendment Reqd? Yes No x <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> PAM JONES, ext. 2650 <br /> Telephone Number- <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider removing from active service a dog used by the Sheriffs <br /> Department for drug detection; and to authorize transfer of ownership to the handler. <br /> BACKGROUND: The dog, Arrus, born in 1988, was placed in service by the Orange <br /> County Sheriff's Department upon the hiring of his handler from the Town of <br /> Hillsborough in 1993. The dog has been used successfully in a number of large drug <br /> finds, however, during the evaluation and remedial training each dog goes through <br /> annually, the trainer recommended that, due to his age, the dog be retired. The dog's <br /> handler, George Snowden, has requested that the dog be turned over to he and his <br /> family. <br /> The Sheriffs Department is presently pursuing the acquisition of another dog to be <br /> trained and used for drug detection. Proceeds from drug busts will be used to pay for <br /> the new animal. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the dog, Arrus, be removed <br /> from active service and ownership transferred to Deputy George Snowden and his <br /> family. <br />