Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Canine Officer George Kasat and Thunder and Donn Smith - 8/9/1982 EAGAN
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THREE SECTIONS vol.III,No.32,Monday,August 9,1982
Bringing you the news of the people,the neighborhoods and business of Eagan
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Eagan police dog Thunder tussles with Officer Donn Smith in a handier, Officer George Kasat.
demonstration of the dog's aggression. in the background is Thunder's
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by Linda Hanson the balcony below. hands and said, "Please don't let the out that t
Police believed an escaped prisoner "I was told he was really dog bite me." the credit
from Stillwater was hiding in his dangerous and he always carried a • • • "Withc
girlfriend's Eagan apartment. gun," Kasat said. "I thought, `This is Kasat is quick to point out that life program i
He had two years left to serve on a really going to be a baddie. He's in the Eagan Police Department "They're
prison term and his girlfriend said he going to go tough."' canine unit isn't all high drama and perimeter
wouldn't be taken alive. Kasat saw one foot descend. Then glamour. where the
The police figured when they went another. Then the fugitive dropped to Kasat recalls a couple of times hiding), fi
to get him, he'd try to flee by the balcony. when his dog tangled with skunks good desc
climbing down from the second Elder "Hold it right there." while tracking, prompting a quick that make
balcony. The man took one look at Joe, trip to an all-night market for some Kasat,
Eagan Officer George Kasat and Kasat's growling police dog awaiting tomato juice to get rid of the smell.
his partner, Joe, were stationed on the word to attack; the man raised his And Kasat is also quick to point