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Meet 'Spar': New K-9 Officer Joins Yorktown Police Force Meet 'Spar': New K-9 Officer Joins Yorktown Police Force
Meet 'Spar': New K-9 Officer Joins Yorktown Police Force The Yorktown Police Department welcomed its newest four-legged officer to the force this week, Spar, a trained German Shepard police dog, joining fellow K9 Dallas, to form the Yorktown Police Canine Unit. Spar’s duties will include drug detection and patrol, while Dallas is trained primarily for the task of drug detection. Spar’s presence on the police force was made possible through a $10,000 grant that was secured by New York Sen. Terrence Murphy. “I've been in Yorktown all of my life,” Murphy said when introducing Spar to the community. “I remember as a six-year-old seeing a Yorktown pol…

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