Santa Rosa Sherff's Office

Says Goodbye to Ringo

On June 29, 2007 the Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office bade their farewell to Deputy Ringo, a long time member of the agency's K-9 corps who passed away. Sergeant Ricky Perritt writes, "On June 29th my friend and faithful, partner K-9 RINGO passed. For those of you who never had the opportunity to work with RINGO I will just say you missed out on a treat. He was always ready to work, feared nothing and never refused a command. RINGO had been dealing with some medical problems over the past year, he had a neurological disorder to his lower spine this affected his ability to walk or do things he wanted. Some quick notes on RINGO are that the first five days he was in our employment as a K-9 he bit five people, one was the vet giving him his physical plus three officers from other agencies during his K-9 school and yes me in the face that required six sutures. As you can tell he was a little misunderstood at first but we soon realized he just had a passion for doing his job. I am proud to say that during his tour at the Sheriffs Office RINGO captured many bad guys and took some dope off our streets, but most of all he had to wear a muzzle on his last visit to the vet where he attempted to apprehend the vet putting him to sleep. RINGO you are my friend and I will never forget you."

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