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  • Deputy Thor, heroic police dog, has his day in St. Tammany

    10/23/2015 3:47:31 PM PDT · by BBell · 16 replies
    NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune ^ | 10/23/15 | Kim Chatelain, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
    It is said that every dog has his day. Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 was Thor's. Before a large and appreciative crowd outside the St. Tammany Parish Courthouse, the Belgian Malinois police dog was hailed as a hero for saving his human partner's life during a burglary investigation this week near Mandeville. Deputy Thor, a St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office K-9, suffered a serious wound to the neck as he put himself between Deputy Ronald Olivier and a suspect who lunged at them with a six-inch switchblade, police said. The suspect was shot and killed by deputies. After undergoing surgery and...