The Auburn Police Department sold its only police dog to its handler and former drug investigator, a sign the department might end its canine program next year.
Police chief Paul Nadeau said the Slovakian Shepherd named Orfey was sold Friday morning for $3,000 to Cpl, Tony Lafreniere, who resigned from the department on Dec. 18.
"We're going to look at the program after the holidays and evaluate all of our options," Nadeau said Friday.
The sale of the dog followed an executive session that opened the Auburn City Council meeting Thursday. Nadeau was included in part of the closed-door meeting. The reasons stated for the executive session, which lasted close to two hours, were property and litigation.
See Wednesday's paper for a complete story.
APD sells police dog, to reevaluate canine program after the holidays
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bob
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01/02/13 at 11:34 AM
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Not quite sure why the APD continues to operate with a city budget in the red. The residents pay county taxes and the SO could simply add one deputy to cover the Auburn area. The police budget is probably 30-40% of the city budget and es response time might increase slightly, but probably not enough to make a difference in most cases. The dept is not a full service agency and often has to rely on other larger agencies anyway, so Im not sure there has not been a move to hand it over to the SO yet. The drug dog was hardly used and despite the popular opinion not all the drugs coming out of Atlanta pass through little ole Auburn... In this time of economic hardship the city should face reality and think how best to serve their residents and us ether tax dollars more efficiently...