LANCASTER, Ohio — Some students in central Ohio want a police K-9 unit to keep protecting the community, so they’ve helped protect the dog’s job.
The sheriff’s department in central Ohio’s Fairfield County had planned to retire its last dog, Arno, this year to save about $15,000 in annual training and other expenses.
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However, Sheriff Dave Phalen now says Arno will stay on the job thanks to local fundraising efforts that have collected $4,000 since January.
Students at Bloom Carroll High School have been wrapping dog biscuits being sold for the cause. Phalen took Arno to visit the school on Wednesday.
Sophomore Eric Donohoo tells the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette he once watched a demonstration of a police dog taking a man down so he knows how important the animals can be.
