Middletown officer hoping for approval of donated crisis therapy dog
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Chase is the Groton Police Department’s crisis therapy dog.Contributed photo / Jay BodellShow MoreShow Less
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The Middletown Police Department is located at 222 Main St.Hearst Connecticut Media file photoShow MoreShow Less
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MIDDLETOWN Common Council members will be asked to give the go-ahead for the city to accept a donated crisis therapy dog, which will be used by police to help victims of trauma and crime, including children, to process their feelings.
The K-9 will come fully trained to the department as part of the Cheshire-based Hometown Foundation’s “innovative” program, which was discovered by Community Relations Officer Jay Bodell, who approached the organization with an idea. He spent five months doing the legwork needed to apply, he said.
Published February 28, 2021 •
Updated on March 1, 2021 at 4:14 pm
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An incident involving a possible despondent person at a home on North Road in Groton that began on Sunday afternoon, ended peacefully on Monday, according to police.
Officers were called to the home around 4:30 p.m. Sunday after receiving a report of a potentially despondent person. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Officers and crisis counselors were able to speak with the person and it was determined that he did not pose a threat to himself or others, police said.
Opinion: I didn t recognize my country - Readers share how they weathered the winter storm
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Annabeth Golden, 12, with mom Heather Golden, finally gets a cup of hot chocolate Friday. Instead of a typically toasty home, the arctic blast left her family in the dark, “desolate, lonely and cold.”Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Houston Chronicle reader Bill Pond holds a photo of his parents, Minnie and Bill, in the home he has lived in since he was a child Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Humble. Pond said that during the frigid cold he could hear the beams expand and creak.Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less