Missing Chicago police dog returned
Published: February 22, 2006
A good Samaritan dog lover reunited Bart, a missing 79-pound Chicago police dog, with his handler Tuesday and refused a $1,000 reward.
Officer David Dorken said he and his family are as happy as the police department that the four-year-old narcotics-sniffing canine was found and returned safely. Police dogs live at the homes of their handlers and are also family pets.
They are going nuts at home, Dorken told WLS-TV. He met the man at a suburban gas station Tuesday afternoon and was reunited with the black and gray German shepherd.
The Chicago Anti-Cruelty Society had offered a $1,000 reward for Bart, who had been missing since Monday morning after contractors left a side gate open to Dorken’s backyard.
Dorken said the man who found Bart is a dog lover and said he had no interest in claiming a $1,000 no-questions-asked reward.
Bart has been valuable member of the force for two years. He cost about $4,000 before undergoing months of expensive training to sniff out drugs and work patrol.
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