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Shoplifter Runs From Store Into K-9 Training Area
KOIN Channel 6, Portland, Ore. ^ | 12/9/2005 | Staff

Posted on 12/11/2005 7:14:03 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity

$42 Perfume Stolen

MEDFORD, Ore. -- From the opening act to the hot-pursuit chase to the grand finale, the Three Stooges couldn't have choreographed a foiled shoplifting attempt in Medford any better.

It began when a Fred Meyer's worker spotted a man snatching a $42 bottle of Calvin Klein perfume and stuffing it down the front of his pants. The man left the store, but security caught up with him just as he jumped into the frigid waters of Bear Creek.

When the 33-year-old suspect emerged from the creek, he made for some baseball fields. What he didn't know was that the fields were the training grounds for the Medford police department's K-9 units.

Police dogs Tiko and Rudy, along with their handlers, were honing their crime-fighting skills. The dogs found the suspect almost immediately, and he surrendered.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: doggieping; oops; workingdogs
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"Nice doggy. What's your name? Fifi? Love?"
1 posted on 12/11/2005 7:14:04 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

The reason we solve as many crimes as we do is that most criminals are about as bright as this guy.


2 posted on 12/11/2005 7:19:20 AM PST by John Jorsett (scam never sleeps)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

And all the dogs say,"hello breakfast"


3 posted on 12/11/2005 7:19:45 AM PST by Farmer Dean (Every time a toilet flushes,another liberal gets his brains.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Oops.


4 posted on 12/11/2005 7:20:07 AM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: Farmer Dean

Nah, you don't think the dogs might alert to some guy running scared, emerging in wet clothes from a cold river, do you? No anomoly there ... hehehe.


5 posted on 12/11/2005 7:27:13 AM PST by Cvengr (<;^))
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Couldn't have paid anyone to give those pups better training...

Cause the bad guys the dogs normally bite in training have bite suits on...

Bwahahahaha

Bon Apetite guys...
6 posted on 12/11/2005 7:28:56 AM PST by joesnuffy (A camel once bit my sister-we knew just what to do- gather large rocks & squash her-Mullet Ho'mar)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Talk about having a bad day!


7 posted on 12/11/2005 7:31:53 AM PST by BluH2o
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

A very big Oops!


8 posted on 12/11/2005 7:34:55 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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Couldn't have paid anyone to give those pups better training...

Of course, the next time, the dogs'll take off after some woman wearing Channel #5.

9 posted on 12/11/2005 7:39:21 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (NY Times headline: Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS, Fake but Accurate, Experts Say)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

"Cry havoc, and loose the dogs of law enforcement!"


10 posted on 12/11/2005 7:45:34 AM PST by CrazyIvan (If you read only one book this year, read "Stolen Valor".)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

I love watching the K9 episodes of Cops. Esp. when they let the dog loose.

Usually hear screaming coming from the bushes.

One episode however a drug dude and karate expert put the hurt on a German Shepard. The dog turned tail and ran.


11 posted on 12/11/2005 7:46:33 AM PST by Vinnie
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I read one time that the reason Dobermans weren't used that much in LE was because training could not overcome their intelligence...i.e. attacking a person with a gun. I always wondered if there was any truth to that. They are a wicked looking animal. I had one years ago that got cancer - best sweetest smartest dog I ever had. (now I sound like pit bull owners)


12 posted on 12/11/2005 7:58:40 AM PST by daybreakcoming (May God bless those who enter the valley of the shadow of death so that we may see the light of day.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
(chortle)

Looks like he picked a bad day to quit shoplifting.

13 posted on 12/11/2005 8:11:37 AM PST by manwiththehands ("Have a RamaHanuKwanzMas" - Glenn Beck (And Merry Christmas!))
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To: daybreakcoming
I'd not heard that before, but Dobermans were used rather frequently in WWI and WWII.

Here is the United Doberman Club site regarding the memorial at the United States Marine Corps War Dog Cemetery in Guam.

14 posted on 12/11/2005 8:53:05 AM PST by Severa (I can't take this stress anymore...quick, get me a marker to sniff....)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Was that a broken bottle of perfume or something else when he saw those fangs?


15 posted on 12/11/2005 9:04:24 AM PST by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Reminiscent of when X42 was playing "Hide the Calvin Klein"...

16 posted on 12/11/2005 9:06:48 AM PST by mikrofon (RIP, Buddy)
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To: Severa
A dog trainer told me that. He also told me that Labs were high on the list of biters. Never heard that before either.
Thanks for the link. The statue made me miss my Natasha and gave me a little history on their place in WW2.
17 posted on 12/11/2005 9:10:53 AM PST by daybreakcoming (May God bless those who enter the valley of the shadow of death so that we may see the light of day.)
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To: daybreakcoming

I had my first meeting with a Doberman in college; you'll love the story.

At the time (1963) I thought they were generally vicious and not to be gotten near. It was mid-May and I was sitting in my room at the fraternity house reading a book with my feet up on a chair. I heard a tinkling and pattering when, suddenly, a very large male Doberman bounded into the room. If I'd been a Catholic, I'd have asked for a priest and extreme unction immediately.

The dog, however, didn't see things that way and didn't seem to know of his breed's reputation. Instead of trying to eat me, he proceeded to crawl all over me and make friends, just the way a really loving 6 month old chocolate lab might. I've never thought the same way about Dobermans since.


18 posted on 12/11/2005 9:25:32 AM PST by libstripper
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To: mikrofon

Hillary: "Looks like Buddy is auditioning to be one of your girlfriends, Bill."

Bill: "The dog is better looking than any of your girlfriends, hon."

19 posted on 12/11/2005 9:40:15 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("Sharpei diem - Seize the wrinkled dog.")
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To: libstripper
Hehehe. That's a really cute story. I'm not a big fan of Dobies (they're too skinny looking), but I've never had a bad experience with one.

A year or so ago, my husband and I were taking our year old daughter to the local Starbucks. Sitting outside in the little cafe area was an older couple with their two gigantic Dobies (both dogs, as pups, were taller than my full grown rott).

My daughter, who has only known dogs over 70 lbs, saw the black and tan beauties and said, "PUPPIES!"

She then proceeded to make two new friends. The dobies were just so patient and friendly, and really loved the adoration. I'd always thought they were these nervous, high-strung dogs--but these pups really impressed me. Very cool dogs.

20 posted on 12/11/2005 9:40:41 AM PST by RepoGirl ("The only ho I'm pimpin' is Sweet Lady Propane." -- Hank Hill)
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