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Show 1 Montana training valuable. ca tqd ones TH SENTINEL .. 7mi s ' w, ' in.. Midvale police officers at the scene of a recent burglary had suddenly found themselves at an impass. The victimized apartment was in the second story of a split level complex downtown and it was obvious to the officers the thief had gained entrance by climbing from the roof of the single story part of the building through the window of the second level apartment, leaving the same way. But, where had he gone to? The officers decided to try to make use of one of the department's two service dogs. The German Shepherd, named Valour, under the direction of officer Randy Pond, was taken to the victim's apartment then led to the window. Hesitating only long enough to sniff about a bit, the dog leaped through the window of another apartment. A search, okayed by the apartment's residents turned up much of the stolen property and other evidence. A man, reportedly a friend of the apartment rentor, was placed under business-apartme- ii rm v.i V-.- " I ' ' - "Man and dog must work as a team," states VanZile, "so each " f mr mm l must understand the other; the dog must know what is expected of him and the man must understand the devices a dog uses to communicate and what they mean, such as pawing, growling, barking or etc." In fact, dog psychology being one of the first subjects broached in Montana, most of the first week of training was spent in the classroom. Then it went into the and onto the street, as the local ... country-sid- e and towns became the classrooms. Stores and other businesses in the area allowed the Ckuct to the mm. If threatened oa a traffic stop Sgt assistance. The dog remains alert to any possible danger and, officers to use their buildings for YaiZfe caa.alnys depart aa his Cermaa Shepherd for as shown, can react almost instantly. training exercises. But, sometimes has been a member of the the exercises became real. Delbert Swensen returns - nt mwm , If News 4-- H ' , Thursday, June 14, 1979 Page j Cultural Arts Night THE SUPER STITCHERS The Super Stitchers 4 II Club made scarves at their meeting May 29. The girts took their own material. The leader, Lynn Burningham, had a pattern for the girls. They learned how to use the pattern putting it on the material. Club members also learned to use sewing scissors. They took turns using the sewing machine. for Crescent West Stake cultural arts night is planned for the families living within the Crescent West Stake area. It will be held on June 15 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the new stake center, 1300 E. 11000 S. There will be no charge. Ort display will be items made by people in the stake. The categories include art and sculpture, crafts and hobbies, and A skills. homemaking Relief Society introduces new schedule for women Entertainment, consisting of stake talent, will be presented throughout the MIDVALE The Relief evening. Society of the Midvale Third Ward is on a summer W J. women's group schedule. slates special guest Visiting teachers report The West Jordan will be meeting of the Utah Chapter 10 June at 27, Wednesday, Association of Women a.m. The second session was will play host to a special their speaker during held on June 10. June 15 meeting. upcoming Butler scouts plan Dawn Curtis, chairman of the task force committee overnight campout on Education for the Scouts from Butler U.A.W. and a member of from mission in Atlanta Fifteenth Ward are the Granite School board, planning an overnight will address the West CRESCENT The campout on June 15 under Jordan ladies on "Morals Crescent at First speaker the leadership of Jack in Education." Ward June 17 will be Paradise. Delbert Swensen. He is i expected to arrive home from his mission on June - O "We were in Helena for a boy scout demo, when the local sheriff requested our help in locating a women, who had wandered off from her stranded car in search of help and had left two small children in the vehicle," recounted VanZile. "I'm sure that without the dogs, she would have frozen to death long before we could have found her." arrest. It's a story that Midvale police hope will be repeated often about the city now that Midvale has become the first department in the state to have a fully certified service dog and handler. A second man and dog will undergo training inJ September. Dave VanZile, a sergeant with the department, and his dog Chance recently returned from 14 weeks of schooling at the Montun Sheriffs and Peace Officer's K-- 9 Academy and are now ready to put what they've learned on the streets to combat an ever growing and unrelenting enemy. Interestingly enough, Chance is not referred to as an attack dog or even a guard or police dog. VanZile uses the term service dog or more accurately, a command dog. "The dogs act by command ' only," explained VanZile, "and in that way we hope to eliminate the idea that a police dog is a snarling, vicious killer." The dogs will bite, but only by command or when their master's or their own lives are in danger, as Sgt. VanZile stressed that the dogs have many more important and less offensive capabilities. Police canines can be used in Sandy girls ready talents for Saturday pageant dance club, and of the drama club. Chaton is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Dallas A. Jackman, Sandy. training. Marcelle "Most of the time they don't like to train a dog for both," explains VanZile, "because with narcotics you want the dog to dig it out, but with explosives obviously you want him to just point them out and then leave them alone. But, Chance appears to be able to switch from one to the other without much trouble." But, for the clog's versitility and training, for VanZile it is the animal's keen senses and alertness he values most. "A dog can hear and smell things a man cannot," notes VanZile. "He can locate danger and warn you of it. It's much more comforting to be able to follow the dog into a after a darkened warehouse to go to have than burglary suspect in alone." Poll, of Mr V Jo Russell Mr and Mrs Neal Swensen, Crescent. To JHS class of '54 will meet p i z z The Jordan High class of 1954 will hold its year reunion at Jordan High School on June 30 at 6:30 p.m. A dinner program is scheduled and pictures will be taken. For more information, class members should phone Lee Brown, general chairman, at Reservations for dinner can be made by writing Ethel Terry Syverson at 1341 W. Fourth North, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116. 25 255-606- J j i--m' Va 9. 17, and Mrs daughter Les E. Lamb, Sandy, will present a violin solo for her talent, although she has Marcelle Poll y also had special training in dancing and drama. She has been involved in the Hillcrest drama club, pep club and in music. Chaton Jackman, 17, will present a modern ballet number for her talent. Not only has she been a student in dance, but she has taught ballet and tap for three years. She has been a song leader at Brighton High for three years and A vii 'feppefoai rr 669 E. Center Street, MARTIN'S (X CkatoaJacknua Midvale Heats r 255-60- 31 J! 7793 S. State "Better cut this short. xuurc not acruss inc bircci any mure. seeing the dog at work such incidents will taper off. All in all, he believes any such problems are far outweighed by the dog's usefulness For Father's Day Ga., and will be reporting at 2:45 p.m. He is the son of vnj 1 Treat Dad Mr Swensen was on an LDS Mission in Atlanta, Vicki w1 - 14. There can also be problems in having a dog out on patrol, feels VanZile. People will often stop and stare at a police dog and sometimes try to tease or incite the dog to anger. But, the sergeant also feels that once people become used to on 1 -- Brighton High student Vicki Jo Russell, 17, will perform gymnastics for her talent. Mrs LeAnn Gibson, Sandy, is her mother. Miss Russell has taken chorus and plays the guitar. She has been on the honor roll at school. The annual Miss PaOther times the searches were SandyScholarship will be present only partially successful. In one geant incident described by VanZile, Saturday June 16 at 7:30 P"'V'waa?wMiBBa searchers had to' wait several p.m. in the Jordan High auditorium. weeks for bad weather and snow School Theme of the annual to conditions before settle show and is "Precious to attempting find a lost skier. Once Few." allowed into the area, the dogs found the skier in about four hours, but the Last week five of the young woman had been dead from contestants were exposure for almost sue weeks. Sentinel. in featured the i VanZile's dog, Chance, was also This week the following have 1 one of the few to receive both contestants submitted photos: narcotics and bomb sniffing apprehending suspects, tracking suspects from the scene of crimes, crime scene searching for evidence, locating narcotics or explosives, rescue work or locating disaster victims and lost children, and alerting an officer of danger before the officer is aware of it. As Officer Pond put it, "We concentrate much more heavily on their nose than their bite." VanZile says, according to figures released by the Seattle police department, that a well trained dog is worth $12,000 in other types of equipment and cost just over a dollar to operate. "With the variety of services they provide," he adds, "it's a pretty cheap form of crime prevention." This was the second time VanZile and his dog have visited Montana and while a great deal of effort was placed on refining the dog's natural instinct to search and track, much more emphasis was given to the dog's handler, teaching him to recognize the various signals a dog uses in communicating with his master. A fj 4 AT u Jij y VIS ?, s 1 1... .... "No, the street. butwe can gab across the country 20 minutes for just of concludes. "It's strictly a question confidence," VanZile "It's knowing that you have a tool that can be used in a variety of circumstances. They may not track down the bad guy every time, but even if they are only successful one in ten tries, that's one criminal we might never have located by $3J0!" ourselves." 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