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Trumann Police Dept. welcomes drug dog in memory of fallen officer

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Officer Blue, a 2-year-old sporting dog, will now serve as a drug fighting K9 Officer Blue, a 2-year-old sporting dog, will now serve as a drug fighting K9
Blue was named by the family of Officer Jonathan Schmidt Blue was named by the family of Officer Jonathan Schmidt
Blue was a rescue from the Jonesboro Animal Control Office and is fully trained in handling narcotics detection. Blue was a rescue from the Jonesboro Animal Control Office and is fully trained in handling narcotics detection.

TRUMANN, AR (KAIT) –The Trumann Police Department lost a police officer last year, but welcomed a new one to force  donated by Bluestreak K9.

Officer Blue, a 2-year-old sporting dog, will now serve as a drug fighting K9 and was named by the family of Officer Jonathan Schmidt, who was killed in the line of duty.

"They lost a police officer. There's no replacement of a fallen officer, but it can definitely help with the family and with the police department to have something to look at and, you know, this is in memory of him [officer Jonathan Schmidt], you know," explained Blake Bristow with Bluestreak K9.

Blue was a rescue from the Jonesboro Animal Control Office and is fully trained in handling narcotics detection.

"Come across her and she showed a really high ball drive, so I used that to train her for narcotics detection dog," Bristow added.

Bristow says Blue will take another training course this Saturday, and she'll start working with a Trumann police officer full time starting next week.

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