<body><div>SALEM COUNTY, Ore. 16 Oct. 2024 – There’s a new furry recruit at Oregon State Police. She’s excited to join her handler on Oregon’s highways, and we need your help to give her an official name that is paw-some!Oregon youth, kindergarten through 5th grade, send in your ulti-mutt name for our fur-ever friend. The winning entry will be recognized with a round of a-paws and other fun prizes.Contest Rules:<ul><li>Complete an entry form between Oct. 17-27, 2024.</li><li>The contest is open to Oregon youth from kindergarten through 5th grade.</li><li>One entry per student.</li><li>Five names from the submitted entries will be selected to move forward for statewide voting.</li><li>The student with the winning name entry will get to meet the K-9 and other recognition from OSP.</li><li>The school with the most participants will also be recognized by OSP.</li><li>Who’s ready fur some treats!</li></ul>Learn more about our new K-9: <a href="https://youtu.be/3naO1tVKz2M">https://youtu.be/3naO1tVKz2M</a>The K-9 is a two-year-old female Belgian Malinois from Blackwood Canine who is certified through the Oregon Police K-9 Association as a drug detection dog. She and her handler, Sr. Trooper Scott Show, are assigned to the Albany Patrol Office for drug detection along Interstate 5 and throughout the state.Sr. Trooper Show said, “I’m excited to have Oregon youth involved in naming our K-9. Kids come up with the best animal names and I’ll be happy with whatever they choose.”The contest opens at noon on Oct. 17, 2024, and closes at 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 27, 2024. Entries must be received via OSP’s online entry form: <a href="https://bit.ly/OSP_K9Contest">https://bit.ly/OSP_K9Contest</a>.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2qpU2X_0wEqkaVV00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2qpU2X_0wEqkaVV00" width="1620" height="1080" ></figure></div></body>

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SALEM COUNTY, Ore. 16 Oct. 2024 – There’s a new furry recruit at Oregon State Police. She’s excited to join her handler on Oregon’s highways, and we need your help to give her an official name that is paw-some!. Oregon youth, kindergarten through 5th grade, send...