ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Workplace introduced a brand new member to the division on Monday.
10-week-old “Rex”, a black Labrador retriever, is ACSO’s first remedy canine.
Rex will likely be sworn in by Sheriff Tyler Brown on Tuesday. He will likely be teamed up with Faculty Useful resource Officer Deputy John Grey. The pair will likely be assigned to all of the Littleton Elementary Colleges inside Arapahoe County.
ACSO mentioned Deputy Grey and Rex will work with college students with particular wants, be a consolation to college students in disaster or throughout instances of stress and assist those that undergo from nervousness or melancholy.
“Psychological well being is an ongoing concern, significantly with our youth. There’s a chemical change within the mind that reduces the stress when folks pet and work together with a canine,” says Deputy John Grey. “We hope that Rex will assist college students really feel comfy and secure in class and convey a smile to their faces.”
Rex will likely be skilled in primary obedience over the following 12 months. After he turns one, he’ll attend the American Kennel Membership’s good citizen class and an intensive class to turn into an AKC Licensed Remedy Canine.
“We’re so pleased with this partnership now we have with Littleton Public Colleges to implement this new remedy canine program and make it an amazing success,” says Sheriff Tyler Brown, “we sit up for this new and thrilling strategy to work with the LPS Faculty District.”
ACSO mentioned Deputy Grey has been with the sheriff’s workplace for 11 years and assigned to the SRO unit for six years. He’s at the moment assigned to the elementary faculties. He’s additionally a member of the SWAT Negotiation Crew and works with residents in disaster.
