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Syracuse Police Officer David Skinner (right) stands with his K-9 Kade, and Officer Josh Steele stands with his K-9 Drake. The dogs will be receiving ballistic vests in the next few months, thanks to a nationwide Groupon event. (Courtesy of Syracuse Police Department)

Syracuse K-9s, community to benefit from bulletproof vests thanks to nationwide Groupon event

Last updated Friday, April 5, 2013 - 5:31pm

SYRACUSE — The police department soon will be the first in Utah to benefit from a gift of bulletproof vests for its canine officers, Kade and Drake.

The dogs will be receiving ballistic vests in the next few months, thanks to a nationwide Groupon event.

The vests will be a gift from Vested Interest in K-9s. Inc., a nonprofit organization and charity partner selected by Groupon Grassroots to participate in raising funds.

Sandy Marcal, president of Vested Interest in K-9s, Inc., said she started the effort in Massachusetts 13 years ago, providing vests for dogs in her state, an effort she has expanded to include dogs from across the country. She said Kade and Drake are the first dogs she has outfitted in Utah.

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Former Syracuse police officer’s case sent to county attorney

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 10:04am

SYRACUSE — The Davis County Attorney’s Office is now investigating former Syracuse Police Lt. Tracy Jensen.

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Garret Atkin was recently sworn in as chief of the Syracuse Police Department. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Syracuse police chief gets his feet wet in first weeks on the job

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, January 1, 2013 - 11:31pm

SYRACUSE — Syracuse Police Chief Garret Atkin’s first day on the job included a swearing-in ceremony and a walk-through at the high school to make sure there were no bombs.

Atkin began his job as the city’s new police chief on Dec. 21. He replaced Brian Wallace, who retired after serving 20 years as chief.

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Joanna Reeder holds her duck, Gabel, close to her face on Thursday at her Syracuse home. Reeder believes her birds have been shot at on two occasions.
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Syracuse woman: Pet birds were shot at twice

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, December 24, 2012 - 7:07am

SYRACUSE — Joanna Reeder is tired of her five pet chickens and her duck being attacked by what she believes to be a trigger-happy pellet or BB gun owner.

Reeder said her animals, which were in her Syracuse backyard, have been shot by pellets on two separate occasions. Each time, she has had to take an injured fowl for treatment at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah, in Ogden.

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Syracuse council confirms Atkin as chief

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, November 20, 2012 - 10:24pm

SYRACUSE — Just a week removed from a heated political divide over the issue, city council members have come together to unanimously approve Garret Atkin as the new police chief.

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Layton Police Lt. Garret Atkin poses for a portrait in his office in 2010. The Syracuse City Council on Tuesday delayed a vote to appoint Atkin as the city's new police chief. (Standard-Examiner file photo)

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Syracuse delays police chief appointment

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 9:04pm

SYRACUSE — The appointment of a new police chief has been delayed following a lengthy disagreement Tuesday about whether resumes of prospective candidates legally should have been made available to all members of the city council before this week.

The council voted 3-2 to table a motion to appoint Garret Atkin, currently a Layton police lieutenant, as the new chief to replace Brian Wallace, who is retiring. The vote followed a sometimes pointed exchange among members of the council, Mayor Jamie Nagle and members of the city staff, including Wallace and Fire Chief Eric Froerer.

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Sobriety checkpoint planned for Friday

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, October 22, 2012 - 10:28pm

SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Police Department is conducting roadside safety and sobriety checkpoint Friday.

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Michael Levi, 12, eats lunch with former DARE Officer Stan Penrod at Iceberg Drive Inn in Syracuse on Monday as a reward for getting good grades. Michael has Asperger's, which sometimes means he has trouble handling his emotions, but he says Penrod is a stabling influence, an officer who really cares. (KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner)

Syracuse officer shakes up student with Asperger's

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - 6:12am

SYRACUSE — Michael Levi’s accomplishment of getting straight A’s his last term as a seventh-grader does not compare to the lunch he shared with Syracuse Police Officer Stan Penrod.

Michael, 12, who is the son of Natalie and Joe Levi, has Asperger’s syndrome. Penrod had been the city’s DARE officer for the past seven years. On Monday, the two met at Iceberg Drive Inn for a lunch, complete with a shake.

“(The shake) is as big as my head,” Michael said.

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This is a non-SWAT entry or raid armor vest that is worn over a uniform and used by an Ogden Police Department detective or officer. (KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner)

Policies on wearing body armor vary across Top of Utah

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 6:54am

OGDEN — Ogden patrol officers were not required to wear protective body armor vests when they responded to a fierce Jan. 4 gun battle that left one lawman dead and five others wounded.

At the time of the shootout, police department policy only required officers to purchase vests through a federal grant reimbursement program but did not state anything about wearing them, said Ogden Police Chief Mike Ashment.

The policy was changed in January after the shooting to require all uniform, crime reduction, community policing and traffic officers to wear body armor, Ashment said.

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Syracuse police chief meets with legislators about firearms

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 10:37pm

SYRACUSE — Police emptied the Walmart store in this community two weeks ago after responding to a 911 call about someone carrying a gun.

Chief Brian Wallace said the person with the firearm had an open-carry permit. However, Wallace said the incident shows one of the consequences of the firearms guideline.

Wallace was among a group of police chiefs who descended on the Capitol last week and shared lunch with legislators.

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Clearfield woman busted twice for vehicle burglary

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 11:14pm

CLEARFIELD — A 52-year-old woman recently arrested for stealing from vehicles in Syracuse has been arrested again — this time by Clearfield police — while stealing from vehicles in a residential area.

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Police, firefighters raise $11K for Syracuse teen with cancer

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, November 25, 2011 - 10:26am

SYRACUSE -- Police officers and firefighters banded together to raise money for a 15-year-old girl who has bone cancer.

On Tuesday, representatives from the two agencies presented Maddie Cook and her parents, Kevin and Sue Cook, with a check for $11,389 -- almost triple what has been raised in the past, said Police Chief Brian Wallace.

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