Rosie the Forest Preserve Police Dog Retires
The bloodhound ended her career as a search and rescue dog in Will County this September.
For seven years, Rosie the bloodhound spent her days sniffing out justice as a search and rescue man-trailing dog with the Forest Preserve District of Will County Police Department. She was the forest preserve’s first police dog, and on Sept. 21, her ninth birthday, Rosie retired, due to arthritis and chronic ear infections. However, she still sometimes visits the department with her owner and former handler, Lieutenant Tracy Phillips, strolling up and down the halls and looking for an affectionate pat. “She’s pampered is what she is,” said Bruce Hodgdon, public information specialist and press liaison for the forest preserve district. Rosie wasn’t always pampered, though. During her career with the forest preserve, she lent her sharp …
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