GREEN RIVER The Green River City Council honored two former Council members at this week’s Tuesday Council meeting.
Green River Mayor Pete Rust presented plaques to former members Lisa Maes and Tom Murphy. Maes served three terms for a total of 12 years, representing Ward II, while Murphy served one term, four years, representing Ward I.
Mayor Rust thanked both for their many years of dedicated service to the city. Maes, a former employee in the Parks and Recreation Department, currently works at Harley Davidson. Murphy continues to be the public information officer for the Green River Fire Department.
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GREEN RIVER The Green River City Council unanimously authorized the Green River Police Department (GRPD) to seek a children’s trust fund grant for a therapy canine program during their meeting Tuesday night.
GRPD Juvenile Detective Martha Holzgrafe identified programs in other states that utilize a therapy canine to assists victims during interviews and later court testimony and decided she wanted to initiate a program here in Green River. This therapy K9 program will be the first program in Wyoming.
Ninety percent of Detective Holzgrafe’s caseload involves kids who are either a victim, witness, or suspect to a crime, she said. When interviewing children, the kids disclose traumatic events. Nationwide, therapy K9s have been increasingly used during these forensic interviews.