Derry council is expected to consider a two-year moratorium on any revival of the borough’s police dog program, which was disbanded in October following the August euthanization of its police dog, Smoke. In addition to the moratorium, council Tuesday will consider allowing a privately funded memorial stone for Smoke at
A handful of Derry residents protested Wednesday in front of the county courthouse in Greensburg, demanding that Westmoreland District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli reopen an investigation into the death of the borough’s police dog. Protest organizer Yvonne Earhart claimed that the district attorney’s probe into the August death of Smoke, a
Solicitor Lee Demosky read the results of the council's investigation into what happened at the home of Chief Randolph Glick, who was also Smoke's handler.