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Resolution Authorizing the Retirement of Police Canine Officer Stanley and Authorizing Transfer of K-9 Officer Stanley to Police Officer Nathan Silos
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LEGISLATIVE INTENT/PURPOSE:
WHEREAS, Article 12 of Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes authorizes the City of Wilmington to dispose of property no longer useful for governmental purposes; and,
WHEREAS, the Wilmington Police Department (“WPD”) purchased K9 Stanley in December of 2020, and K9 Stanley subsequently became certified through the United States Police Canine Association for use as a law enforcement canine with Officer Nathan Silos as his handler; and,
WHEREAS, K9 Officer Stanley has honorably served as a canine with the WPD for multiple years, but medical problems such as fibrotic myopathy (causing limb weakness), proprioception deficits, and gait dysfunction, all taken together make K9 Officer Stanley currently unable to continue as a police K9, and require that he be retired from active service for humanitarian reasons; and,
WHEREAS, it is the tradition of the WPD to retire a law enforcement animals into the care, control, and custody of the animal’s handler whenever possible, and Officer Nathan Silos, K9 Officer Stanley’s handler and a member of the Special Operations Division, has expressed a desire and ability to provide for K9 Stanley’s post-retirement care and welfare, and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of police K9 Officer Stanley to be retired from active service with the WPD, and to immediately transfer the ownership and care of K9 Stanley to Officer Nathan Silos.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
THAT, the City Manager is hereby authorized to retire K9 Officer Stanley from active service with the City of Wilmington Police Department, and to immediately transfer the ownership and care of K9 Stanley to Officer Nathan Silos.