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Chesterton police dog Kahr recovering from surgery

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By KEVIN NEVERS

Both of the Chesterton Police Department’s K-9 units are now on major medical.

As Police Chief Dave Cincoski reported at the Police Commission’s meeting Thursday night, Kahr--partnered with Officer Erik Herbert--is recovering from a hernia surgery performed the previous week.

The surgery was successful but Kahr will be convalescing for approximately four months, Cincoski said. It was performed by the Purdue University’s teaching veterinary clinic, he added, at “a very large discount which we appreciate very much.”

Kahr had been ailing for some time before the hernia was diagnosed, Cincoski noted.

Igor, on the other hand, the CPD’s other K-9 unit, partnered with Sgt. Dan Rocha, continues to recover after breaking his leg in training not quite a year ago. The hope remains that Igor will be able to return to full duty but at a minimum light-duty.

Kahr and Igor are each trained to detect narcotics and conduct tracks and have been involved in scores of traffic stops and searches.

A Generous Donation

In other business, members expressed their gratitude to Brown’s Mini Storage at 1535 S. Calumet Road for its donation of $300 to the CFD Gift Fund.

Thanks from the BHPD

And members took receipt of a note from Burns Harbor Town Marshal Mike Heckman, thanking the CPD and Cincoski for assisting his department with traffic control on the afternoon of Sept. 1, when several thousand United Steelworkers converged on Local 6787 to march to ArcelorMittal’s East Gate in a showing of solidarity, some 15 hours after their contracts with Arcelor and U.S. Steel Corporation expired.

September in Review

In September the CPD responded to 799 calls (857 in August), filed 74 cases (88), filed 58 citations and 151 warnings (48 and 127), and investigated 27 accidents with four injuries (43 accidents with nine injuries).

Calls for service in September included 120 suspicious persons and vehicles (110 in August), 19 thefts (27), 51 alarms (46), two incidents of vandalism (six), one overdose (zero), 11 animal complaints (11), 238 traffic stops (251), three missing persons (three), three reports of battery (five), three burglaries (zero), 27 disturbances (44), seven reports of fraud (eight), one report of indecent exposure (zero), and two runaways (one).

 

Posted 10/13/2015

 
 
 
 

 

 

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