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MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRECINCT 2 CAPTAIN MIKE WHITE HAS LOST HIS PARTNER

FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRECINCT 2 CAPTAIN MIKE WHITE.

It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I have to tell you that my partner for the last 7 years passed away last night after emergency surgery from his stomach twisting.

Jax would have been 9-years old in September where at that time I was going to retire him. Jax was a dual purpose dog  trained to find explosives and to track. He loved to be around kids and they loved him.

He will be greatly missed.

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VIDEO OF JAX ON OCTOBER 5, 2006

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XCnfjWfpJQ&feature=youtu.be
 

STORY BY JAMIE NASH ON OCTOBER 5, 2006 WITH PHOTOS

Precinct 2 Constable Gene Deforest and Lt. Mike White visited the Spring Hills Animal Hospital on Texas 105 West Wednesday to thank them for their support of a bomb-sniffing police K-9.

Jax is the newest member of the Precinct 2 team. Kerri L. Schwartz, DVM, and the staff were treated to a demonstration of how Jax and White, his handler, will conduct a search for explosives.

Jax is a 3-year-old German shepherd who lives with White and works for Deforest. He will become state certified within a few weeks. A presentation at Commissioners Court will make it official.

Deforest said his office has responded to numerous bomb threats at the courthouse and other locations in downtown Conroe the past couple of years.

“Lt. White said, ‘How about we get a search dog,'” Deforest said. “I thought it was a great idea, but I didn’t know how we would afford it; and Mike (White) said there were people who wanted to help.”

Jax cost $10,000, plus training and accessories.

The organization White referenced as wanting to help is called P.L.E.A.S.E., which is Providing Law Enforcement Agencies Specialized Equipment in Montgomery County. The organization holds fund-raisers and takes donations to provide various agencies with law enforcement tools their budgets would never accommodate.

“They (P.L.E.A.S.E.) fronted the money to get training started,” Deforest said.

The group also made a commitment to pay for the dog at that point, purchased kennels for the office and for White’s home, as well as a thermal imaging device and the custom work required on a K-9 law enforcement vehicle. Delisa Morton, manager of J&D Country Store on West Davis, donated food, and the Spring Hills Animal Hospital donated health care.

Deforest was touched by the outpouring of support.

“People are great for wanting to help law enforcement and help my department,” he said. “They’re willing to do whatever it takes.”

The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms also volunteered to help by providing training and allowing Jax to work with them from time to time, Deforest said.

Jax’s trainer, Bob Manning, was on hand Wednesday. Manning has trained numerous dogs and their handlers for various law enforcement purposes from bomb sniffing to tracking people or finding narcotics.

White and Jax have trained with Manning for four months; and within a couple of weeks, he should be certified and officially become part of the Precinct 2 Constable’s Office.

Schwartz and her staff volunteered their skills to help with Jax from the beginning.

Deforest said he liked Jax because he was not aggressive, which Manning said was why he was chosen for bomb sniffing and tracking.

Deforest pointed out that Jax also could be used in situations, such as a gun or bullets in a school locker. He said Jax would be useful if a child or elderly person was lost in the woods, but they hope to keep the dog as safe as possible if a criminal is involved. “Hopefully, the officers will stay close enough to him to protect him,” Deforest said.

Before the constable presented Schwartz and her staff with a plaque of appreciation signed by him and Chief Deputy Steve Roeper, Jax, White and Manning showed them something most people never have an opportunity to observe.

Manning hid items with trace amounts of C4 on them inside and outside the office. As the staff looked on, Jax and White searched the room and quickly located all of the contraband then went outside and did the same.

“The demonstration was awesome,” Schwartz said.

 

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