Ringo the Police Dog Retires
Posted on: Wednesday, 18 June 2003, 06:00 CDT
One member of the Hall County sheriff's department compiled quite a pedigree before hanging up the leash.
Police dog Ringo helped his handler seize 17 pounds of methamphetamine and more than $93,000 in drug money. He helped find 16 criminals, police said.
He liked to chase burglars, said his handler and partner, Sgt. Bryan Simonson.
The 12-year-old Belgian Malnois was deployed more than 500 times to assist 82 law enforcement agents from 10 different agencies, Sheriff Jerry Watson said.
Ringo retired Tuesday after serving the department for eight and a half years, which roughly translates to 60 human years.
Ringo showed a puppy's enthusiasm when he pounced on a stuffed burglar presented to him at his retirement ceremony.
Ringo doesn't have big plans for retirement other than moving in with Simonson.
"He's just going to be a dog," Simonson said. "To him, I'm dad. He doesn't know he was owned by the county."
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