Our day at the LBS-Shots fired, Officer's down..

[oxysback]

Who robs a car wash??? A bank...ok...maybe even a c-store, but a car wash? They sure weren't the brightest crayons in the box, were they? But I guess crooks never are. Otherwise they'd have jobs and contribute to society.

Good thoughts and prayers for the wounded officers...

Especially glad you weren't hurt, RM!!

[Velobambina]

First of all, glad you are OK Denise. Prayers and good karma to the injured officers....

Let us know about the K9 vests. A local dog park advocacy group here in Arlington took donations & bought some of the County K9 officers vests a few years back.

Not to drift this thread, but all service dogs--including K9 officers--are incredible. We have K9 officers at work and I love seeing them doing their jobs. These gals & guys are highly trained, and they are on the front line of defense in keeping us safe. A few months ago, a K9 passed away (medical thing) and there was a memorial set up for him. His collar, badge, etc were in a display case, along with pictures of him at work and at play. It makes me proud to know that our K9s are considered part of the "family" and thus, are honored for their service.

[Running Mommy]

Sorry ladies, it's been a long 24 hours since I posted this.
First of all, the K9 was grazed in the ear, so he's ok.
The officer was hit twice, once in the chest- vest took the bullet- and in the hip. He had surgery lastnight, but will survive. He's an 11 year veteran of the force, and has had "zipp" the k9 for 2-3 years.
Apparently our little burb known as Goodyear has never had a cop shot in it's 63 year history.
Now as for the IDIOT... He's dead (don't know if I had that in my OP) and apparently he stole the TIP JAR from the car wash! I guess he went in there brandishing a weapon and ran out with the tip jar. The dog tracked him to a shed behind a house. When the cops went in after him is when he opened fire on the officer, so they in turn opened fire on him.
I guess the barrage of gun shots I heard came from the officers.
All of that over a TIP JAR that had maybe 100 bucks in it!!

[massbikebabe]

Not to deviate...

my dog was recently hit and killed by a drunk driver who almost killed my son
as well. The officer who came to the house was a K-9 policeman who was so very compassionate, caring, and loving to my son that my husband sat down and wrote letters of appreciation to everyone from the mayor to the chief of police. The officer was kind enough to take off her collar and give to my husband for when my son was ready for it. He now has it hanging on the side of his bed.

God bless police, fire, and paramedics for all the work they do!!

karen

[Running Mommy]

agreed Karen!
And our local police seem to be extra nice. One year I didn't recieve the stickers in the mail when I renewed the registration, so I got stopped a few times for expired tags. They were so polite! In nor cal they would have given me a fix it ticket- and a hard time...
They even started a website where you can ask a cop a question. It was started by cops too- not the administration.
Very cool folks.