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SIERRA VISTA — Officers were forced to shoot and kill an aggressive dog in an apartment in Sierra Vista after it attacked its owner. The dog, thought to be a German Shepherd and Chow mix, bit its owner in her arm and head before police were contacted at 8:25 p.m. on Thursday and responded to Vista de la Sierra Apartments, 1555 Busby Drive, said Tracy Grady, public information officer for the Sierra Vista Police Department. “When the officers responded to the apartment, they found the victim still inside the apartment with the dog,” Grady said. The first officer on scene,...

WASHINGTON, May 12, 2009 – Iraq’s Interior Ministry is a “learning organization” that understands the need to build Iraqis’ confidence in their police force, a coalition advisor said May 8 during a “DoD Live” bloggers roundtable conference call. Army Col. John Maietta is the director of strategic operations in Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq’s directorate of interior affairs. As an embedded advisor, he is responsible for assisting the Interior Ministry’s public relations and media office. “Compared with the dark days of Saddam Hussein, most Iraqis now have confidence and trust in their police, thanks to the growing skill and professionalism...