"Cocaine, heroin, crystal meth, and marijuana seem to flourish in the Edgerton area."
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Where did your facts come from, your own head? "FLOURISH" I have not heard anything coming close to your comment. If this was such a "problem" would not the Edgerton Reporter editorial reflect this? Come on, get real! Every community in the US has drugs within them and the crime associated with drugs will be with us as long as drugs are illegal. Remember what happened when alcohol was prohibited and apply the same laws that came about after the repeal. Now you have the "problem" under control.

Cocaine, heroin, crystal meth, and marijuana seem to flourish in the Edgerton area. Why would the "Board" need to look further into something that has already been budgeted and the money is available and waiting? Bring the K-9 in, get the drugs and their dealers OUT!

I also agree that the Chief took alot of crap. He also took alot of heat. I think you have a chief there that can take the heat, he's proven that, and he did it alone. If you remember only Mr. wesby attempted to stand up but no other council member would open discussions. But then wesby also voted to get rid of the first dog. I would say your Council is the ons who cant take the heat.

Your chief continues to stand for what he feels is to better the City, for the citizens. He took the resposibility to be handler because of costs savings. Cant blame him for not willing to do it again. Commend him for trying to protect your community.

It wasn't the handler protection part that got him into trouble. It was the fact that the handler had no idea what he was dealing with at the other end of the leash. You can't just say you want to be a handler. Most good ones have years and years of experience with dogs, now how to train, know what makes the dog tick, and have an understanding of how they work and why.

a good dog is invaluable and the initial cost is not a lot considering how much they are worth in terms of drugs and drug money they take off the street and criminals they catch.

It's too bad the PD's are still politics first. I don't know about edgerton, but I know in other places a handler has bought his own dog, trained it and gotten it certified all on his own dime and time because he really wanted to be the K9 guy. I've also known a civilian that trained and certified his own drug dog and worked with a county in northern wi and was called out on hundreds of jobs to sniff out cars and suspects. Something else Edgerton can look into.

Why not get a dog strictly trained for drug detection only and rely on your guns and good sense for the protection? Multi tasking would seem much more costly and the "handler protection" aspect is what got him into trouble to begin with.

Remember, Rock County does NOT have a dog working 24 hours a day. Why should the County pay overtime to send their dog. I believe people made to big of a deal on their first dog taking a bite. The dog was trained to protect its handler. I beleive every department should have a K-9. I also believe the Chief took to much CRAP about the bite. If you check with Rock County, Janesville P.D. or Beloit you would see the how nice it is to have a K-9 with each department.

On the other hand, I do believe the new handler should live in the city of Edgerton and NOT be a supervisor. The Chief was approved the first time and that is fine. I think the city knows now that that should not have happened. I vote YES for a new dog.

maybe they need a new chief. one that can handle the heat and stay out from under the bus

I agree they need one for drug detection, There is so much coke in and around edgerton its crazy, its almost as popular as beer and cigarettes, especially amongst bar owners.

Edgerton needs a K-9 Unit for Drug detection. Period. Let the Police there do their jobs and your quality of life will improve. A K-9 unit is MUCH cheaper than any comparable detection or enforcement activities.

glock21sf - Thanks for the morning chuckle! I needed that! Hahaha!

Wow, Klubertanz told committee members at the meeting that he would not take on canine duties again, after being “thrown under the bus” over the biting incident. Maybe someone needs to tell the chief that he was the dog's handler at the time of the bite and that he is responsible for his department. Then he asks for another dog without any study or survey, some things never change in Mayberry......

Someone needs to put a stop to all this foolish spending in Edgerton. The people aren't asking for a dog... it's an on-going pipe dream of the chief!!! No to another dog!!

Oh yeah, if you make a stupid decision once might as well make it again, It's Only Money!!! Edgerton has no need for a police dog and spending more municipal budget for another one is just a waste of money!

hopefully this time it is a wiener dog!!! Ha!! I said wiener!

In theses times of tight budgets and rising taxes a very small town like Edgerton should be finding way to cut spending. The Rock County Sheriffs office has a dog when needed. The city of Edgerton already has a huge budget for the police in a town of just over four thousand people.I say get rid of the police department and pay Rock County for Police and save about seven hundred and fifty thousand a year.