Ozzie was renamed - he was originally .... no, don't laugh, please ...... NERON

Just received a response to my FOIL request about Ozzie from the Delaware County, NY.

Here is the invoice for purchase of that noble animal.  They changed his name to Ozzie.

Because he was... he was .... NERON.

And - Delaware County Sheriff's Department paid $7,000 for NERON.  

I am awed.

What I am not awed with is that there was no public bidding for the purchase of NERON.

And - why did Delaware County have to purchase an IMPORTED dog from Europe?  We do not have good police dogs bred in the U.S.?

I promise I will not die laughing.

Poor dog going through an identity crisis. Why did they do that to you?  We would love having a namesake in the police department, working for such worthy causes :).

And taken care of by John Demeo.

The idea!

And - if you think this is the only "K-9" in the dying county, you are wrong.

According to my information, another K-9 "unit" was "presented" recently in Colchester (the dying town), and, as reports go, judge Yvonne Pagillo's son, who was previously employed with the New Berlin police department in Chenango County, relocated to Delaware County and was dispatched to Texas to pick up another "K-9", also, reportedly, to be "maintained" by donations.

I guess, all drug dealers in several counties put a money pot together to support three K-9 dogs, their handlers and supervisors, to be free of searches.

Here I am, the proud namesake of a Delaware County K-9 unit.

I promise, I will not die laughing.