NICE WORK K-9 Barney & SRO Hill!
Yesterday MPD was named the 2024 recipient of the “Dr. Curtis E. McClung / Motorola Award of Excellence” by the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police (GACP). This award, which is co-sponsored by the Motorola Corporation, is given to an agency in recognition of an innovative program initiated by a department that fosters law enforcement excellence. We were nominated and selected for our “Crisis Intervention K-9 Program (Barney).”
In case you missed it, K-9 Barney joined MPD last year and is assigned to his partner, SRO Hill. The team is primarily used to assist children while they are attending class in one of the Marietta City Schools. When time allows, the team also visits pediatric surgical patients at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital as well as assists the shifts with mental health related calls. The award is named in honor of Dr. Curtis McClung of Columbus, who is credited with bringing Georgia’s law enforcement community into the modern era while also assisting the GACP in its pursuit of excellence, especially with respect to management training.
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