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Canine Graduates of Penn Vet Working Dog Center Join SEPTA Police Force

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Jeff Bohen

Before the storm walloped the area, SEPTA held a graduation ceremony for two new K-9 unit’s that will join the regional transit police force.

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Kai & Ronnie pose with SEPTA officers after Wednesday’s ceremony
Credit: SEPTA

Ronnie, a German Shepherd, and Kaiserin, a Dutch Shepherd, graduated Wednesday from the Penn Vet Working Dog Center at a ceremony held in at the Grays Ferry Building in Philadelphia.

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Ronnie and  Kai are the first graduates of the Working Dog Center to join SEPTA and will take part in additional explosives detection training also, a press releases says.

Dr. Cindy Otto, executive director of Penn Vet Working Dog Center, presented  a special gift to the dedicated foster parents of the dogs – Cathy Von Elm, who fostered Ronnie, and Dr. Gia Croce (a Penn Vet alumna) and her husband Tim Bulman, who fostered Kaiserin.

Following the ceremony, the dogs did a  live detection demonstrations using the Working Dog Center’s indoor scent wall.

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Credit: SEPTA
Credit: SEPTA

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Jeff Bohen

Jeff Bohen

Jeff Bohen is a former member of LevittownNow.com’s staff. Jeff was born and raised on the streets of Brooklyn, New York. He is an avid New York sports fan who studied and worked in the Mental Health system of four different states. Jeff came to journalism late in life initially desiring to be a sports broadcaster. Mentors at Temple University Dept of Journalism pointed Jeff towards broadcasting and covering news which he’s been doing since 2009. Jeff loves heavy metal, signs and is the best air guitarist he knows. Jeff spends his free time stalking out stories throughout the nooks and crannies of Lower Bucks.