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Police chief resigns, NM force has gone to the dog
AP viaYahooNews ^ | Sept 27, 2012 | RUSSELL CONTRERAS

Posted on 09/27/2012 1:40:21 PM PDT by Daffynition

VAUGHN, N.M. (AP) — A drug-sniffing dog now is the only certified member of the police force in the small eastern New Mexico town of Vaughn.

Police Chief Ernest "Chris" Armijo decided to step down Wednesday after news stories reported that he wasn't allowed to carry a gun because of his criminal background.

"He decided the attention was distracting," said Dave Romero, an attorney for the town.

State officials said Armijo couldn't carry a gun since acknowledging that he owed tens of thousands of dollars in delinquent child support payments in Texas. Armijo also faces new felony charges after being accused of selling a town-owned rifle and pocketing the cash.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: dog; donutwatch; napl; newmexico; vaughn
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No images of Nikka available, what a K-9 at work might look like..


1 posted on 09/27/2012 1:40:23 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Joe 6-pack
8 Animals Who Have Tried Their Paws & Hooves At Politics
2 posted on 09/27/2012 1:44:00 PM PDT by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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To: Daffynition

Finally. A good-looking, intelligent and highly trained police force. No public-service union either.


3 posted on 09/27/2012 1:44:27 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Heh. I doubt if he’ll be shooting the family pet while answering a 911 call.


5 posted on 09/27/2012 1:47:09 PM PDT by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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To: Daffynition

Word is this dog once crashed in the door of the wrong house and shot the homeowner in front of his dog.


6 posted on 09/27/2012 1:48:54 PM PDT by DainBramage
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No way!

Yes, this is 911....


7 posted on 09/27/2012 1:51:45 PM PDT by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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To: DainBramage

Now that’s funny.


8 posted on 09/27/2012 1:53:27 PM PDT by Repeat Offender (Official Romney/GOP-E Platform - We suck less)
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WOOOF!

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9 posted on 09/27/2012 2:11:48 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

And his philosophy is literally “will work for food”. :)


10 posted on 09/27/2012 2:25:19 PM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: Daffynition

‘I’m looking for the man who shot my paw.’


11 posted on 09/27/2012 2:27:28 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Ken H
Who the opposition - the demo-rats - are putting up to run against Nikki...


12 posted on 09/27/2012 3:12:47 PM PDT by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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With enough hard work, she can climb the ladder to a successful career in the Secret Service and get WH detail.:)


13 posted on 09/27/2012 3:18:16 PM PDT by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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To: DainBramage

LOL


14 posted on 09/27/2012 7:42:28 PM PDT by Salamander (Can't sleep, the clowns will eat me)
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15 posted on 09/27/2012 7:57:23 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

**Yo Quiero Taco Bell**...I glad to see he’s still alive..........and working.:)


16 posted on 09/27/2012 8:14:19 PM PDT by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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Another illegal alien taking our jobs! ;^)


17 posted on 09/27/2012 8:25:06 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Repeat Offender

Yup, that’s funny right there; I don’t care who you are!


18 posted on 09/27/2012 9:01:16 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: Daffynition

Since it’s only a drug dog, it’s probably a Labrador.


19 posted on 09/27/2012 9:04:18 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: Daffynition

Love the old German Shepherd!


20 posted on 09/27/2012 9:05:27 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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