NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:  Tuesday, February 24, 200

HARTFORD POLICE PATROL K-9 TRAINING TO BE HELD THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2004.

(Hartford) - On Thursday, February 26, 2004, all Hartford Police Patrol Dog handlers and their respective K-9's, along with K-9 Teams from Manchester, Southington, and New Britain, will participate in the monthly Hartford Police Patrol K-9 in-service training session conducted by the Hartford Police patrol K-9 Unit. 

The Hartford Police Department is inviting the media to attend and film the training of these highly specialized teams of Officers and their K-9 partners.    Media representatives should assemble at 4:30 p.m. behind the HPD Headquarters, 50 Jennings Road, Hartford.   

The following are the names of the Hartford Police Officers and their K-9 partners:

• Densil M. Samuda and K-9 Zeus

• Peter Lynch and K-9 Bragg

• Holly Donahue and K-9 Champ II

• Dennis O'Connor and K-9 Duke

• Darren Besse and K-9 Apollo

• Earl Baidy and K-9 Bear

In August of 2003, HPD Officer Holly Donahue and K-9 Champ II,  Officer Densil M. Samuda and K-9 Zeus, and HPD Officer Dennis O'Connor and K-9 Duke represented the Hartford Police Department in the statewide K-9 Olympics, sponsored by the State Department of Corrections, the University of Connecticut Police Department, and the Connecticut State Police.

Contact:   Nancy Mulroy, Public Information Officer, Hartford Police Department,  (860) 543-8746
Visit www.hartford.gov for more Hartford Police News.
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