Brevard Sheriff’s Office Swears In K-9s Justice, Titan
By Wayne Ivey, Brevard County Sheriff // April 16, 2015
received over 6,000 name submissions
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA — During our recent Swearing-In Ceremony, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office officially named the two newest members of our Corrections K-9 Team who were recently donated to the agency by the Jimmy Ryce Foundation.
Several weeks ago on Facebook our agency asked members of our community to help us name the twin puppies that will be trained as members of our Corrections K-9 Team to help search for missing children, missing persons and criminals who have fled in an attempt to elude law enforcement officers.
As a result of the request, our agency received over 6,000 name submissions from our community – and even across the world.
After careful consideration of all of the names that were suggested, our team selected the names “Justice” and “Titan,” submitted by Darianne Nissen who works at Eastern Florida State College.
Darianne submitted the name Justice knowing that as a member of our K-9 Unit the Bloodhound will help bring criminals to justice, and selected the name Titan, which is the Mascot for Eastern Florida State College.
As is customary during our K-9 Swearing-In Ceremonies, we invited Darianne to pin the Deputies Badge on the collar of Justice and we were honored to have President Jim Richey of Eastern Florida State College pin the Deputies Badge on the collar of Titan.
I would like to personally thank the Jimmy Ryce Foundation for donating Titan and Justice to our agency, Darianne for submitting the names, Dr. Richey for taking part in the ceremony, and the thousands of citizens who submitted names to assist our agency in naming our newest members.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey has been a law enforcement officer for over three decades. Sheriff Ivey is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has a Bachelor’s Degree from Daytona State College in Management and Supervision. Sheriff Ivey’s background in law enforcement is inclusive of Management, Criminal Investigations, Narcotics, Patrol Services, Public Integrity Investigations, and Corrections.
Prior to being elected in 2012, Sheriff Ivey served the citizens of the State of Florida as a Resident Agent in Charge for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. As a member of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Sheriff Ivey developed and created the country’s first ever statewide Task Force on Identity Theft.
That same year the Task Force was named one of the top five most innovative programs in the country by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and investigated approximately 44 million dollars in fraud cases. Additionally, as a member of FDLE, Sheriff Ivey created the Child Abduction Response Team (C.A.R.T) that re-defined the way Child Abduction cases are conducted throughout the country today.
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey has been a law enforcement officer for over three decades. Sheriff Ivey is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has a Bachelor’s Degree from Daytona State College in Management and Supervision. Sheriff Ivey’s background in law enforcement is inclusive of Management, Criminal Investigations, Narcotics, Patrol Services, Public Integrity Investigations, and Corrections.
The program was later selected as the most innovative program in the country by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and is now used as a nationwide model in the response and investigation of child abductions.
Sheriff Ivey has testified before the United States Congress on law enforcement related matters and has extensive experience in the area of Public Integrity Investigations. Sheriff Ivey was honored as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Special Agent of the Year (1996) and was also recognized by the Commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for his Outstanding Contributions to Criminal Justice. In August of 2011 Sheriff Ivey was honored by the National Organization of Victims Advocacy for his work at the national level as an advocate of victim’s rights and protection.
Sheriff Ivey speaks regularly on topics such as Identity Theft, Crime in America, Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Self Defense through Mental Preparedness. Sheriff Ivey firmly believes that Crime Prevention and Education are vital to reduce our crime rate and protect our community.
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