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Two years ago amid budget constraints and after a canine suffered a career-ending injury, the Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office asked the community’s help to purchase more canines for their K-9 unit. The response was incredible with over $30,000 raised for the unit, which requires periodic animal replacement. Once again, the community is rallying to support for the award-winning K-9 unit. The Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Class is holding a golf tournament in August to help fund the purchase of another canine officer.
Following the loss of funding for school resource officers, K-9 Idgie, pictured with, from left, Sheriff Wendell Hall, handler Deputy Marshall Holbrook and Santa Rosa Schools Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick, helps keep drugs out of schools through random drug searches.
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