Families meet police comfort, therapy and service dogs
July 09, 2022 12:00 am
• Last Updated: July 09, 2022 10:44 pm
Bear, a K-9 with the Middletown Police Department, performs tricks Saturday, July 9, 2022, during a Cops and Comfort Dogs meet and greet at the Thrive55+ Active Living Center, 102 Newtown Road in Groton. (Daniel Passapera/Special to The Day)
Groton — It was puppy love at the Cops and Comfort Dogs meet and greet Saturday at the Thrive55+ Active Living Center, 102 Newtown Road.
The event, hosted by the Town of Groton Police Department, highlighted nearly 30 police comfort, therapy and service dogs from across New England. Some of the dogs performed tricks while others just relished in all the attention.
Gryffin Neville, 3, of Groton greets Moose, a comfort dog from Amherst College, during a Cops and Comfort Dogs meet and greet Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Thrive55+ Active Living Center, 102 Newtown Road in Groton. (Daniel Passapera/Special to The Day)
Dispatcher Kim Fontaine of the Worcester Police Department in Massachusetts gives a hug to the department's therapy dog, Tomo, during a Cops and Comfort Dogs meet and greet Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Thrive55+ Active Living Center, 102 Newtown Road in Groton. (Daniel Passapera/Special to The Day)
Archer, a police comfort dog from the Great Barrington Police Department in Rhode Island, receives pets Saturday, July 9, 2022, during a Cops and Comfort Dogs meet and greet at the Thrive55+ Active Living Center, 102 Newtown Road in Groton. (Daniel Passapera/Special to The Day)
Declan Cassiere, 8, of Groton pets comfort dog Liberty of the Concord, N.H., Police Department during a Cops and Comfort Dogs meet and greet Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Thrive55+ Active Living Center, 102 Newtown Road in Groton. (Daniel Passapera/Special to The Day)
Hannah Richardson, 14, right, and her sister Naomi, 12, center, pet Heidi, a Yale University service dog, during a Cops and Comfort Dogs meet and greet Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Thrive55+ Active Living Center, 102 Newtown Road in Groton. Heidi's handler, Officer Rich Simons, left, handed out "Team Heidi" stickers to all that passed by to visit. (Daniel Passapera/Special to The Day)
Jules, a K-9 with the Southern Connecticut State University Police Department, lays on his back Saturday, July 9, 2022, as he receives pets during a Cops and Comfort Dogs meet and greet at the Thrive55+ Active Living Center, 102 Newtown Road in Groton. (Daniel Passapera/Special to The Day)
The Town of Groton Police Department hosts a Cops and Comfort Dogs meet and greet Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Thrive55+ Active Living Center, 102 Newtown Road in Groton. (Daniel Passapera/Special to The Day)
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