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House Bill 115 adds protections for law enforcement dogs From Crystal Staley/Scottie Ellis On Thursday, May 11, 2023, Governor Andy Beshear ceremonially signed House Bill 115, sponsored by Rep. Bill Wesley of Ravenna, KY, which adds the definition of "electronic detection dog" and "police dog" and adds them to the statute for assault on a service animal which is a Class D felony. In 2021, KSP added the agency's first electronic storage device detection K-9 and the second ESD K-9 was added in August 2022. The Governor was joined by Sgt. Leslie Strong and electronic detection K-9 May. Detective John Sims and K-9 Cam were out of town working today. The Governor said May and Cam are among only 85 electronic storage device K-9s in the country. They work with police agencies and Internet Crimes Against Children task forces to assist with locating hidden electronic storage devices such as hard drives, USB drives and cell phones that may contain child sexual abuse material or other criminal activity. They assist with search warrants locating key pieces of electronic evidence. Sadly, of the eight law enforcement K-9s shot or stabbed to death in the U.S. so far this year, two were in service to Kentucky law enforcement agencies. "This is very much needed legislation, and I am proud to sign it today," Gov. Beshear said. "Thank you to Sgt. Strong, May and Detective Sims and Cam for helping to protect our children and keep our street safe." "Over the past few years, we've been working with local law enforcement and our K-9 units and this one is very dear to me because it protects our children," said Rep. Wesley. "We only have two dogs in the state of Kentucky that specialize in this. I am grateful for the service and the work that they do." "I was studying for the Sergeant's exam when I noticed in the definition of service animal, our electronic detection K-9s weren't included in that," said Sgt. Leslie Strong. "These dogs protect our most vulnerable citizens of the commonwealth, which are our children. Personally, I am a little biased, but we I think we need as many of these dogs as we can get because they do very important work." This story was posted on 2023-05-12 07:54:59
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