K-9 & Deputy Heroes of the Laramie County Sheriff's Department

By Karen O Cotton

Learn about Lyra, Parys, Ali, Ozzy and their Deputies who work hard to protect Laramie County in Wyoming. You'll discover their most heroic acts, like saving an Air Force base from a bomb to finding drugs, catching criminals with their teeth and working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation on certain cases. The book goes into detail

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mrs. Karen O. Cotton
• Release date: Oct 9, 2018
• ISBN: 9780692044537

Karen O Cotton

This is Karen's second book. She is an award-winning journalist and photographer. She worked as a features and entertainment reporter for the Wyoming Tribune Eagle for 12 years. Her daughter was a preemie and now is five. Karen supports the March of Dimes. Her audio interviews are in the Karen Cotton collection at the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming. She's a musician, dancer, artist, and songwriter. She's received three grants fromt the Wyoming Arts Council and one for the publication of this book. She also is a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow.

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K-9 &

DEPUTY HEROES

of the

LARAMIE COUNTY

SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

Written and illustrated by Karen O. Cotton

Dedicated to the Laramie County Sheriff’s Department and K-9 Unit

Acknowledgments go out to: Deputy Wright because he was my contact for this book. Thank you for answering calls about research and fact checking. To Sgt. Slovik and Sgt. Lambing for allowing me to follow the sheriff’s department with trainings and ride-alongs. To Deputy Murray for allowing me to photograph him and follow both he and Lyra during a ride-along. For Ali’s deputy for letting me watch carefully during trainings. To Sheriff Glick for allowing me to do this book about the department.

A special thank you to: My husband, Don, my daughter, Katie and my mom, Diane. To former deputy with the Broward County Sheriff’s office, Gregory Flores of Colorful Critters LLC for designing this book. For Colleen Jobes-Shassetz for a great job editing this book. To the Wyoming Arts Council and the grant that gave me the funding to publish this book. For Linda Lael Miller and Stephen King. They helped me overcome writer’s block.

Part of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated back to the Laramie County Sheriff’s K-9 Program. Please support all that they do. When you read this book, you’ll learn about some of the deputies and their K-9’s most heroic acts of service. Go to www.laramiecounty.com for more information about the department.

Text and photographs Copyright, © 2017 Karen Cotton

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