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News from Lake County Republican Women’s Club
POLSON — The newest member of the Mission Mountain Drug Taskforce, a canine named Llop, will make his debut at a public meeting being held at the North Lake County Public Library in Polson on Monday, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited to come and meet the new team member with especially watchful eyes and a prominent nose. His name is Llop, pronounced “Yop.” In Catalonian Spanish it means “wolf.”
Llop has come to Polson from Spain by way of New York City and Bozeman and now lives with his certified canine handler, Juan Maso, a five-year officer with the Polson Police Department.
In addition to introducing Llop, Police Chief Wade Nash will describe how a dog with a keen nose for drugs will enhance the work of the drug taskforce, which as been involved with 70 felony drug cases in the Polson area since April 2013. Chief Nash will share information about the meth and cocaine drug trade in the community as well as what families can do to curtail the abuse of prescription drugs by school-age youth.
This is the third in a series of informative meetings on topics of general interest being organized by the Lake County Republican Women’s Club. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
