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CBS News
06-05-2025
- CBS News
This K-9 therapy dog duo can be deployed to any law enforcement agency in Minnesota
They may not be as intimidating as German Shephards but these new K-9 officers still possess a unique strength: breaking down barriers to the heart. Rip and Summit, both Golden Retrievers, are Minnesota's first traveling duo of therapy dogs for law enforcement in an initiative spearheaded by the Minnesota Fraternal Order of Police. "I've always had a great understanding for the pain that happens to responders with repeated exposure to trauma," Tom Lowery, who along with his wife, Paige, owns and handles the dogs, said. "Seeing the dogs bring joy to other people is like a proud parent moment. That's the really fun part of working with dogs in this capacity." While some larger police departments like Minneapolis have their own therapy K-9s, Rip and Summit will be on call for public safety agencies across the state. In 2024, six first responders were killed in Minnesota, including two tragedies outside the metro: Jesse Branch, of Red Lake Nation Police and National Park Service Ranger Kevin Grossheim. The others lost were Minneapolis Police Officer Jamal Mitchell and Burnsville police officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge, along with firefighter paramedic Adam Finseth, who were shot and killed in February 2024. "Of course it affects the whole agency because we all realize that could be us at any day," Lowery, a former firefighter and still active police officer, lamented to WCCO News. "The turmoil those officers go through as they process all of that - what's going to happen to me? Did I make a mistake? Is the person going to be OK? We will be there to support them however we can." WCCO The Lowery's won't receive salary or payment but instead will rely on donations through the Fraternal Order of Police for expenses like gasoline and dog grooming. On May 21, FOP will host a special fundraiser with Brew Pub Pizza to support the therapy K-9 program in Eden Prairie. "Really it's a great pizza for a great cause," Matt Selvig, a spokesman for Brew Pub Pizza, told WCCO News. "What we're wanting to do with it is take care of those heroes and those patriots that serve us every day."
BBC News
30-01-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Crewe re-sign Portsmouth midfielder Lowery on loan
Crewe Alexandra have re-signed midfielder Tom Lowery on loan from Championship club Portsmouth for the rest of the 27, has made only 31 first-team appearances in two and a half years since being signed by then Pompey boss Danny Cowley in August he now becomes the second Alex old boy to return to Gresty Road in this January window to bolster the League Two promotion chasers, following last week's re-signing of centre-back Connor O'Riordan from Blackburn Rovers."I haven't played as much as I wanted over the past couple of seasons," Lowery told BBC Radio Stoke. "But I'm just looking forward now. I'm fit and ready to go. And I can't wait to get started."As soon as I heard Crewe were interested, I was desperate to come back. The team are doing well and it's an opportunity to help as much as I can."Local product Lowery made 175 appearances in his first six seasons at Crewe, scoring 13 goals - but he made just seven League One starts under John Mousinho as Pompey won promotion last term and has not figured at all in the Championship. Although Walsall lead League Two by 11 points, the battle for the other two automatic promotion places is had the chance to halve the gap when Walsall twice lost this week – but instead they picked up just one point out of a possible six from successive home games and have now dropped to fifth, in a cluster of seven teams from second place down separated by just six points.
