{"id":7189,"date":"2025-02-08T16:23:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T16:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7189"},"modified":"2025-02-08T16:23:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T16:23:40","slug":"ottawa-swears-in-new-k-9-officer-shaw-local-news-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7189","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa swears in new K-9 officer – Shaw Local News Network"},"content":{"rendered":"


Mini Hooper, the Ottawa Police Department’s newest K-9 officer, is sworn in by Mayor Robb Hasty while Mini’s handler, officer Charlie Hooper, stands ready Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, at the Ottawa City Council meeting. <\/span>(Charlie Ellerbrock)
Ottawa<\/a> not only announced a new police chief Tuesday, but it also gained another officer.
Mini Hooper was sworn in as the Ottawa Police Department\u2019s newest K-9 officer by Mayor Robb Hasty, with his officer Charlie Hooper close by to bear witness.
Mini joins on the K-9 duty roster Rookie, the department\u2019s therapy dog, and Muskie, who like the newest officer is a patrol dog used for investigating drugs and tracking.
\u201cThe department looks at what the community\u2019s needs are,\u201d Ottawa Police Chief Brent Roalson said, \u201cand that\u2019s one of the missing pieces of the puzzle, is dealing with the stresses not only in the community, but also for our officers and firefighters. Dealing with that, Rookie has been a no-brainer choice, and it\u2019s been great. We\u2019re happy to have a couple of big brothers with us, too.\u201d
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Mini Hooper, the Ottawa Police Department’s newest K-9 officer, is sworn in by Mayor Robb Hasty while Mini’s handler, officer Charlie Hooper, stands ready Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, at the Ottawa City Council meeting. (Charlie Ellerbrock)Ottawa not only announced a new police chief Tuesday, but it also gained another officer.Mini Hooper was sworn in as the Ottawa Police Department\u2019s newest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t