A visit from “Sunny“
February 07, 2024 5:36 pm
• Last Updated: February 07, 2024 8:02 pm
Kindergartner Alexander Xu and other students wave hi to Detective Chris Boyle, with the New Haven Police Department, and K9 Sunny during an assembly at Lillie B. Haynes School in East Lyme on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. In December 2021, students at the school got to give “Officer Sunny” his name after they raised $3,000 through their annual Veterans Day walkathon for Forever in My Heart, a Berlin-based nonprofit group that provides service dogs for people with disabilities. Sunny works with Officer Boyle on community outreach, victim support and officer wellness in the department. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Detective Chris Boyle, with the New Haven Police Department, shows how Officer Sunny is trained to walk through his legs to students at Lillie B. Haynes School in East Lyme on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. In December of 2021, students at the school got to give “Officer Sunny” his name after they raised $3,000 through their annual Veterans Day walkathon for Forever in My Heart, a Berlin-based nonprofit group that provides service dogs for people with disabilities. Sunny works with Officer Boyle on community outreach, victim support and officer wellness in the department. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
From left, Detective Chris Boyle, with the New Haven Police Department, fourth-grader Evan Alford, Trainer Kimberli Arsenault and fourth-grader Addison Barajas laugh as Officer Sunny lies in Evan’s lap at Lillie B. Haynes School in East Lyme on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. The students were part of a group in December 2021 that got to give “Officer Sunny” his name after they raised $3,000 through their annual Veterans Day walkathon for Forever in My Heart, a Berlin-based nonprofit group that provides service dogs for people with disabilities. Sunny works with Officer Boyle on community outreach, victim support and officer wellness in the department. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
East Lyme ― New Haven Police Detective Chris Boyle brought K9 Sunny to the Lillie B. Haynes School in East Lyme on Wednesday.
In December 2021, students at the school gave “Officer Sunny” his name after they raised $3,000 through their annual Veterans Day walkathon for Forever in My Heart. The Berlin-based nonprofit group provides service dogs for people with disabilities. Sunny works with Boyle on community outreach, victim support and officer wellness in the department.
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