Died – July 2020<\/p>\n
After more than seven years of service, retired City of Norwich Police Department K9 Weeks passed away last month with law enforcement honoring his dedication to Chenango County and its residents. According to City of Norwich Police Officer Brandon Clarke, Weeks was donated to his police department in 2009. Clarke said Weeks passed away after more than seven years of service, and four years of retirement. \u201cWeeks was a 12 and a half year old shepherd, and that\u2019s long in the tooth for any animal, especially for what he endured as a cop,\u201d said Clarke. \u201cHumans tend to take better care of their animals when it comes to the end of life than sometimes we do ourselves or each other.\u201d \u201cI give all the props in the world for the crew at Pet Street, they were nothing but professional, and throughout Week\u2019s whole career, Dr. Mike King did absolutely anything that needed to be done for the program.\u201d Clarke said a plaque was requisitioned and is now in the Norwich Police Department as a reminder of Weeks\u2019 service. He said it was created locally by The Trophy Guy, who did an excellent job. \u201cHopefully we can fill the wall with a bunch of dogs because the community needs that caliber of service,\u201d he added. \u201cWeeks could go from visiting the Y, to going to the school, and then right after go to a call that there was a man with a pipe running down the street.\u201d \u201cHe was able, confident, and trained well enough where he could switch modes flawlessly for over seven years.\u201d According to Clarke, Weeks was donated to the police department by a supportive citizen named Judy Weeks. Clarke said Judy Weeks\u2019 father-in-law and husband were Norwich Police Officers. \u201cJoe Angelino was the chief at the time, and there was a young lady who used to live in this area by the name of Judy Weeks,\u201d said Clarke. \u201cHer father-in-law and husband were Norwich Police Officers, and she has always been a supporter of Norwich police and police as a whole.\u201d He said Judy Weeks was inspired to pay for a K9 for the department, and with donations from Proctor and Gamble, along with additional funds from the City of Norwich it was made possible in 2009. \u201cBetween the private donation of Judy Weeks, and the public donation of Proctor and Gamble, the K9 program had all of the financial support that it needed,\u201d he added. \u201cFive of us interviewed for the program, and somehow I was the chosen one for the handler position.\u201d \u201cWhen I found someone that could get a K9 I was asked what kind of dog I wanted, and I said he\u2019s got to be a narcotics dog, he’s got to be a patrol dog, and a tracking dog.\u201d Clarke said it was important that the dog be able to assist with building searches, criminal apprehension, crowd control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died – July 2020 After more than seven years of service, retired City of Norwich Police Department K9 Weeks passed away last month with law enforcement honoring his dedication to Chenango County and its residents. According to City of Norwich Police Officer Brandon Clarke, Weeks was donated to his police department in 2009. Clarke said …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[64],"class_list":["post-9125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-ny"],"yoast_head":"\n