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Wednesday, December 7,2022 dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 3A Dawson County Sheriff’s Office’s K9 Robby retires UNG gets first K9 police officer By Erica Jones ejones@dawsonnews.com sTClTCUSClMiON jp ENV>*" ::KEtlTAL AIR QUALITY CONTROL AGENTS ■ GERMS -ODORS 404-312-5123 CITBU sE r »oG»^re^" By Julia Hansen jhansen@dawsonnews.com After over three years spent faith fully working for the local law enforcement agency, K9 officer Robby will conclude his tenure with the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office. During their Dec. 1 voting ses sion, the Board of Commissioners approved a request from the sher iff’s office to retire the seven-year- old canine from duty. Robby’s han dler, DCSO Sgt. Smith, will become the dog’s owner. Robby, a Dutch Shepherd from Holland, is certified in apprehen sion, article searches, narcotics and tracking. “He and his handler, Sgt. Smith, enjoy getting drugs off the streets of Dawson County,” stated a March 7 DCSO Facebook post recognizing the canine’s birthday. As part of the North Georgia K9 Task Force, Robby and his handler helped with searches and tracking in Dawson, Lumpkin and other neigh boring counties. However, progressive medical Julia Hansen Dawson County News K9 officer Robby sits next to his handler, DCSO Sgt. Smith. issues with Robby’s spine and pelvis have made it difficult for him to carry out his duties as a K9 officer, DCSO’s request to the board stated. “These dogs, you ask them to do a lot more for you than pets at home, and they go through a lot running and chasing, and these terrains around here put a toll on them,” said District 3 Commissioner Tim Satterfield. “I just thank God we’ve got them.” Chamber holds ribbon cutting for CitruSolution Environmental By Erica Jones ejones@dawsonnews.com On Wednesday Nov. 30, the Dawson County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for CitruSolution Environmental. CitruSolution Environmental offers demolition free mold reme diation and effective treat ment for mold, viruses, pathogens, germs and odors. According to owner- operator Mike Flowers, his business aims to help con trol the quality of the air in a customer’s home without having to turn to demoli tion. “We don’t do demolition like a lot of old companies; that gets very expensive and that’s not always nec essary; the dry fog system we use is a new technology so we don’t have to do the demo and get into a high cost for getting rid of the mold spores in your home,” Flowers said. Everything he does, he said, is based on testing to make sure he and his cus tomers both know exactly what the problem is and how to treat it. “This is the biggest thing people don’t understand about having mold: a lot of times it’s not visible, it’s in your HVAC system or in your attic or your crawl- space mixed up in your air and your home and a lot of people get sickness because of it,” Flowers said. “We do a testing, we don’t use guesswork, we send it off to the laboratory and they analyze it to deter mine if you need mold Erica Jones Dawson County News On Wednesday Nov. 30, the Dawson County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for CitruSolution Environmental. remediation.” And his business can treat more than just mold, he added. “My business is based on mold remediation but I do air quality control so if you have any type of air contamination, it doesn’t have to be mold, I can rem edy that with a dry fog sys tem that we use,” Flowers said. Flowers has lived in Dawson County for over 30 years and raised his three sons, one of whom is now his head technician, in the county. He said that, in the end, his goal is to help protect the health and well being of his customers by treating their air and removing dangers from it. “You gotta treat your air; it’s just as important as the water you drink or the food you eat,” Flowers said. “It’s part of your health — if you got lousy air in your home you’re gonna have some sicknesses and you’re gonna have issues so I’m here to take care of it.” To learn more about CitruSolution Environmental, go to https ://citrusenviroga- mountains.com/ or call 404-312-5123. The University of North Georgia now has a K9 police officer on its force, a 2-year-old German Shepherd-Belgian Malinois mix named Rex. According to a press release by the university, Rex joined the UNG police force back in October and will assist other agencies as needed. His partner, Officer Dustin Singleton, described him as “sweet, loves every one and wants to work all the time”. “He’s a sergeant,” Singleton said in the release. “He outranks me.” UNG acquired the new K9 officer through a partner ship with the Georgia Emergency Management Association (GEMA), with the assistance of Hall County Deputy Scott Lord and Tod Keys, exercise pro gram director for GEMA/Homeland Security. Rex will train along the K9 officers in the Hall County Sheriff’s Office. “The dog was acquired through GEMA at no cost to the university,” UNG Police Chief Greg Williams said in the release. “His certification and ongoing certifica tion will also not cost UNG anything.” During Rex’s first week on campus at UNG, he and Singleton adjusted to one another and their new duties, toured the campus, got to know the students and met UNG President Bonita Jacobs. The top priority for the pair, the release said, is to protect the university’s stu dents. “He works for the university. Student safety is his first priority,” Singleton said in the release. “As soon as he’s in the patrol car, he knows he’s on duty.” The pair underwent weeks of explosive device train ing including Jekyll Island and the Georgia Capitol, the release said. Rex will search the UNG Convocation Center prior to major events, and the pair will also work throughout the state, including doing pre-concert explosive detection at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. “We wanted to have a dog that would be friendly around students. That’s the top priority,” Singleton said in the release. “Also, every commencement we pay for someone to come in and do a bomb search of the Convocation Center. Instead of having to call people, we now have our own team, which makes it easier. We’re getting to be the same size as larger units, so we want to make sure we’re keeping up.” Photo courtesy UNG Officer Dustin Singleton stands with UNG's newest police force member, K9 Rex. 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