Mahopac News 01.05.2023

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Newest Gary’s presence
Carmel cop is still greatly
is a good boy felt by the men
and women
of the Police
Pietro named in memory of The late Carmel Police Officer Department.’
O cer Gary Pietropaolo Jr. Gary Pietropaolo. His badge
number has been unretired -Carmel Police Chief
and now belongs to Pietro. Anthony Ho man

BY EMILE MENASCHÉ with O cer Pietropaolo’s par- FILE PHOTO

STAFF REPORTER ents looking on.

His dad, Gary Pietropaolo

Carmel Police Chief An- Sr., is a retired member of the

thony Ho man welcomed the Yonkers Police Department,

department’s newest member, where he was the senior K-9

“a four-legged o cer” named handler and the unit’s trainer.

Pietro, at the Carmel Town Ho man said Pietropaolo Sr.

Board’s Dec. 14 meeting. was instrumental in helping

e 2-year-old Czech shep- O cer DeSantola and the

herd and his handler,Police Of- department in getting the

cer Vincent DeSantola, were unit back up and running.

on hand after graduating from According to GFP K-9

the Yonkers Police Department Services Inc., Pietropaolo

K-9 school on Dec. 13. Sr. has trained numerous

Pietro was named in honor dogs in police patrol,nar-

of late Carmel Police o cer cotics and explosives all

Gary Pietropaolo Jr., who died over the country.

at age 29 in an o -duty motor- SEE PIETRO Pietro Carmel Officer Vincent DeSantola and K-9 Pietro stand with the
cycle accident in 2018. PAGE 2 family of late Officer Gary Pietropaolo Jr., flanked by Carmel Chief
INSTAGRAM.COM/
“Gary’s presence is still K9_PIETRO of Police Anthony Hoffmann (left) and Lt. Michael Bodo [right].
greatly felt by the men and
women of the Police Depart- PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CARMEL POLICE DEPARTMENT

ment,” Chief Ho man said

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The Staff PHOTO COURTESY OF PIETRO onstrated the need for a K-9 who also thanked the Yonkers
INSTAGRAM.COM/K9_PIETRO unit, but also the bene ts… in Police Department for helping
EDITORIAL TEAM FROM PAGE 1 our everyday duties of searching with the unit’s training.
BOB DUMAS Police Officer Vincent for suspects, lost children, and
DeSantola with Pietro. “We could think of no greater the elderly and also for detect- Other contributors include
EDITOR: 845-208-0774 way to honor the memory of ing dangerous substances like the American Kennel Club’s
[email protected] Police O cer Gary Pietropaolo narcotics and explosive devices.” Adopt a Cop program, veteran/
than to not only name our K-9
WHIT ANDERSON ‘Pietro,’ but to also unretire Noting that a new K-9 unit rst-responder support program
SPORTS EDITOR Gary’s shield number of 45 and normally costs about $70,000 to Guardian Revival, Amy Covais
issue it to Pietro.” make operational, Chief Ho - (who donated Pietro’s ballistic
[email protected] mann praised O cer DeSantola vest), veterinarian and Odin’s
VIM WILKINSON Ho man said the K-9 unit’s for nding a way to reinstate the Fund founder Dr. Paul Mc-
revival was about a year in the Carmel’s K-9 out t at no cost to Namara (who donated a K-9
SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR making and credited O cer taxpayers. emergency kit), and Dr. Diana
[email protected] DeSantola with spearheading Haight, who is providing veteri-
the e ort to reinstate a program “He did research, made con- nary services.
ADVERTISING TEAM that had been dormant for about tacts, and got grant funding and
PAUL FORHAN 10 years. donations of services and equip- You can follow O cers DeSantola
ment [to bring] that number and Pietro on Instagram at
(914) 806-3951 “Vinny put together a great down to zero,” said the chief, instagram.com/k9_pietro.
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