or, The Ballad of Ringo.
A JPD officer's K-9 partner wound up at an animal shelter instead of going home with his handler as told to the media. JPD held a retirement ceremony for two K-9 officers, Ringo and Alpha on October 23 in front of all of the tv cameras. JPD made a big show about how these four-legged officers were going home to live out their golden years with their handlers. Unfortunately, that is not what happened for Ringo his handler dumped him at the vet.
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| What happened to Ringo? Credit: Clarion-Ledger |
JPD held a "retirement ceremony" for the K-9's. WAPT reported on October 23, 2018:
The two Belgian Malinois, Nadia and Angel, will join JPD tracking narcotics and searching for missing people. Also, JPD retired two of their existing K-9s, Alpha and Ringo, Tuesday. They will go with their handlers to live out the rest of their lives.
The Clarion-Ledger covered the "ceremony" as well:
The two rookie K-9s are taking the torch from veteran K-9s Alpha and Ringo....
Alpha and Ringo will now go home to "be a dog," Fox said. Ringo will retire to live with his handler, Detective Carl Ellis, and Alpha will live with Fox.... Article
Chief Davis said it was a "bittersweet time" when he spoke at the dogs' retirement. Bittersweet indeed but not in the way meant by the Chief of Jackson Police. Ringo, a nine year-old Labrador Retriever, did not go home with his handler, Officer Carl Ellis, to enjoy what few years he still had. His handler instead dumped him at the vet.
JJ obtained the vet records for Ringo through several public records requests. Ringo stayed at the Animal Medical Clinic (On the HILL!!!) for several weeks prior to the retirement ceremony (page 2 of vet records posted below). Ellis returned Ringo to the clinic after the ceremony. Sawces say that the handler told the clinic to give him to a shelter. Ringo's vet, Dr. Troy Majure, would not comment nor provide any information.* Ringo wound up at the Webster Animal Shelter in Madison. However, the story does have a happy ending of sorts.
The girlfriend of Ringo's original trainer at Alpha K-9 Training Center saw the dumped dog on the shelter's website. She recognized him immediately and adopted him. Thus Ringo is now at home with those who actually love him and cared for him when he was a puppy. Check him out.
Chief Davis said that the handler has been reassigned to patrol duty and will no longer be allowed to work with K-9 officers. He said handlers who retire with their K-9 partners will be required to bring the retiree to JPD headquarters for a welfare check every quarter.
Kingfish note: At least Ellis didn't kill the poor dog. That honor goes to the negligence of the Hinds County Sheriff. However, it is rather disturbing to see how law enforcement agencies in Hinds County treat their four-legged friends.
One other thing. The city of Jackson didn't provide any vet records after June even though they were requested. Either the city was playing games or more likely, the handler did not give them to the city.
*Dr. Majure is considered to be one of the leading vets in the Jackson metro area.
41 comments:
Who is this Carl Ellis? I tried googling him but nothing
An agency that will put on aa big show and lie about something so easy to be honest about will cover up and lie about anything. This should really be big deal but it won't be. These badges can end your life or your career and the legal system will put more weight in their testimony over yours. Let that sink in.
What, no Sir!!! Is he available for adoption? He must be a good boy, right? Sure..Maybe he needs to sniff a little bit of drugs to stay sweet, but its not his fault....
What a dump of a city. Shameful all the way around. Don’t know what’s worse the zillion pot holes, poverty, poisonous water and/or this poor K-9?.?
I don't like cocaine. I just like the way it smells.
Wow Carl Ellis. That's horrible.
Piece of shit.
What a shit-show! It's one thing to not want the K-9 officer, but quite another for them to lie about his fate. Inexcusable. Sorry-ass mother fuckers!
JPD is pure garbage from top to bottom. F them. They are lacking of ethics and leadership. Total garbage.
This is not on that Officer. That K9 was very ill. That individual Officer couldn't care for that K9 given that Officer's injures. JPD is trying to save face and are full of BS
Please get the full story on this from Chief Davis. He gave you only thus one sided account and that he doled out punishment. This incident goes deeper than this. The media Chief is trying to deflect and not look bad.
What a piece of shit! Anyone involved in lying about the fate of these dogs and allowing it to happen is a piece of shit.
It sounds like we may not have the whole story.. was the dog sick? Why is his handler required to care for it forever? Since it’s a trained attack dog it may be quite the liability to own. On the flip side of he wAs trained at alpha k9 you would think some one would want it because there is value there... why wouldn’t they find it a home? I live in the country and would take the dog in a heartbeat attack training and all. And I don’t even give a shit about stray dogs, kill shelters, etc.
Slow news day when you're talking about a dog, I am sorry we have 2, but there are a lot of more important things going on in Jackson,the state, country and world.
@2:39 Is that you, Ray Wiley? Still talkin' with the Devil...
9:01 pm-All dogs go to heaven. Sadly, you probably won't.
Reading through the dog's medical chart, looks like on 4-20-16 he ate some marijuana and chased it down with some spoiled potted meat. On 4-20! Party on Ringo! Other than that, looks like the dog was well cared for at the Vet. Who was picking up the tab for that, the City of Jackson?
Are the JPD K-9s trained to find pot-holes?
His dog retires and he dumps him off at a shelter. Officer Ellis' parents should really worry about how much he'll take care of them in their golden years.
9:01 PM, google Barbara Blackmon and see if you still feel the same. Never take a humane society for granted, because it can easily fall back into the primitive state where we mistreat animals. Or, go to a foreign country and see how dogs are often wandering the streets malnourished. I hope that you care for your 2 dogs, because remember, you can easily lose them to a better home if not.
K-9 officers should be allowed to keep their partners after retirement, but not obligated. That said, the JPD was wrong to announce that's what was going to happen. Tell the truth and there's no chance that you'll be caught in a lie.
8:41 you are correct. The handler should have the option of not taking the dog. I would love to adopt a dog that well trained! I don't think liability would be an issue as an untrained dog is more likely to harm someone. At least that has been my experience - I've been in the insurance industry for 25+ years.
Dear Mongoloid, Esquire, a.k.a. 9:01: stories about dogs, especially tragic ones like this, are far more important, affecting, amd newsworthy than, say, yet another boring tale of a worthless humanoid like that underage baby-daddy, Anaconda or Antarctica or whatever his stupid name is, who brainlessly opened fire on those two babies at UMMC. Too bad HE wasn’t the one dumped at the vet’s...and euthanized.
If your Update on Ringo and how JPD plans to stay involved in the future, Ringo's time in the ole Vet/Pen was not in vain. Thanks for the update KF, you are an asset to this City!
Dog companionship is not for everyone, certain cultures don't have the temperament for it, much less parenthood or basic relationships. It should not be mandatory for officers to care for their k-9 partners, speaking out of best interest for the K-9.
I sure would come in handy, in the wrong hands, to quality control the contraband packaging going down the interstate now wouldn't I?
A police dog responds to an ad for work with the JPD. "Well," says the personnel director, "You'll have to meet some strict requirements. First, you must type at least 60 words per minute."
Sitting down at the typewriter, the dog types out 80 words per minute.
"Also," says the director, "You must pass a physical and complete the obstacle course."
This perfect canine specimen finishes the course in record time.
"There's one last requirement," the director continues; "you must be bilingual."
With confidence, the dog looks up at him and says, "Meow!"
12/11 9:01 Michael Vick?
12/12 8:02
Reread it differently. I don't think 9:01 has 2 dogs. He used the numeral 2 meaning "too".
Former detective, and now patrolman Ellis is in the....wait for it....
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DOG HOUSE!
This is typical of 'Typical Jacksonians'. Decades back, I listened to a description of the treatment, by 'Typical Jacksonians', of the animals in the city's animal shelter (beyond horrible). And we've seen that 'Typical Jackson' maintenance personnel cannot remove litter from water features in parks, resulting in the removal of the water features.
And Heaven forbid you should be at the mercy of 'Typical Jacksonians' in a hospital or nursing home. You cannot make assumptions about competence, or about compassion, or even about human decency, where 'Typical Jacksonians' are involved. Asking them to merely fulfill the barest requirements of their job descriptions, is asking WAY too much.
Most drug dogs aren’t successful. They take cues from the handler and give cops a reason to search by saying the dog is indicating the presence of drugs but only the handler knows the signs. Waste of money.
As 12:23 said It's cultural thing.
Too bad MS does not have a group like Georgia. Google Georgia Police K9 Foundation. They take care of both active and retired K9s.
That cop should lose his job. That dog should mean more to JPD and the state of MS than the officers job. He was responsible for taking bad ppl and drugs off the street. Let’s see who this Carl Ellis is post his face all over Tv for doing such a dirty deed to one of his own. I’m sure that dog had his back more than once. He’s just in it for the pay check.
Horrible they did that to that poor dog . Sad to say but we all know JPD is corrupt and our city is a shithole .
@8:22PM - you should be a hired gun expert witness for the defense bar, as you are obviously an expert on all things K-9. You must have that YouTube BS degree.
@10:35 PM - That's the Christmas spirit.
@11:52 PM - the whole JPD department is corrupt? Wow! Not an honest soul to be found. If you ever need help, don't call 9-1-1. Maybe a vagrant will help you.
JPD needs someone from the Marines to come beat their ass into shape. Very shameful, and they wonder why the folks could care less about them. Truth be told a 100 Marines could straighten Jackson out better than 5000 JPD officers
"Dog companionship is not for everyone, certain cultures don't have the temperament for it, much less parenthood or basic relationships. It should not be mandatory for officers to care for their k-9 partners, speaking out of best interest for the K-9"
If dog companionship is not right for someone, that someone is not right to be a K-9 handler.
Seems like this Chief went into action and set a standard. I like this. Agreed that the handler should have the option to not take the dog.
I don't think this is the whole story. The dog has cancer in its testicle region. I don't know what happened but that could be why it was left at the vet hospital. The handler may not have been able to pay out of pocket for the dogs needs. Maybe the vet hospital was the one who elected to take it to the shelter. Happens often.
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