Darlington County Sheriff’s Office hosting K9 seminar
Makor K9 along with Darlington County Sheriff’s Office is hosting a K9 seminar this week at the Darlington Raceway. On May 17 they were visited by Holly Cripps of Georgia. She is the founder of “We Ride to Provide” a nonprofit that solely runs on donations to provide first-aid kits to K9’s and their handlers. Through her organization she has provided 1320 first-aid kits to officers all across the United States along with several other Countries. “We Ride to Provide” is the only organization that hosts an annual memorial for K9’s killed in the line of duty. This memorial is held the 1st Saturday of March every year.
According to Sheriff Byrd, Cripps made a trip from Georgia to Darlington County today to present three deputies from Darlington County Sheriff’s Office along with an officer from Polizei Prasidium Sudhessen, Police Station Pfungstadt in Germany with four first aid kits for their K9’s. These kits were donated by T. Smith, of Georgia, in memory of Investigator TJ Freeman, of the Macon-Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, who died in the line of duty on May 5, 2016. Investigator TJ Freeman’s, K9 Zilo, died on June 11, 2015.
These first-aid kits generously donated through Cripps program have saved seven dogs and two men. “We Ride to Provide” has a Facebook page and you can follow the links on the page to make a donation to help provide first-aid kits to other K9 handlers. There is also a website www.weridetoprovide.com to learn more about the program, and to send donations.