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A2 • Friday, April 19, 2019 | Cannon Beach Gazette | CannonBeachGazette.com Sheriff’s offi ce welcomes Tux, its newest K-9 By BRENNA VISSER The Daily Astorian In March, the Clatsop County Sheriff’s offi ce wel- comes its newest recruit. Tux, a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois, met his new han- dler, Senior Deputy Thomas Phillips, just a few days ago. In the next few weeks, Tux will go to patrol school to train up on how to sniff out drugs and fi nd suspects. But until then, Tux’s fi rst order of business will be to play around and eat. Food, unsurprisingly, is a crucial tool to build trust between a canine and his handler. “I’m the guy who brings him food,” Phillips said. “I’ll do little things, like hav- ing him eat the food out of my hand versus just giving him the bowl of food, so he knows, ‘Well, food is com- ing from this guy, so I should be nice to him and maybe listen.’” Tux replaces Pax, a fel- low Belgian Malinois, who served as the sheriff’s dog for 6½ years and conducted more than 70 captures. The 8-year- old Pax suffered an injury after chasing a ball down an embankment and was off the Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Thomas Phillips, senior deputy with the Clatsop County Sheriff ’s Offi ce, talks about his new canine partner, Tux. streets for about six months. He eventually trained up and got recertifi ed. Pax had the ability to work a little lon- ger, Phillips said, but doing so would probably take years off his life. Around the same time the sheriff’s offi ce was consider- ing a new dog, the Washing- ton County Sheriff’s Offi ce was looking for a new home for Tux. After fi ve years on the job, his former handler had moved into the agency’s public affairs unit. The timing couldn’t have been better. Phillips was excited at the prospect, as he had met Tux multiple times at canine train- ing exercises around the state. “They wanted Tux to be able to come to a good home,” Phillips said. “He has a lot of years of working life in him, and I think he’ll be able to serve the sheriff’s offi ce and citizens really well here.” Phillips has been involved with canine work ever since he was a cadet with the sher- iff’s offi ce, serving as a decoy for the previous handler and taking bites from the dog during training exercises. He long has been in awe of what they can do. “I think (canine units) can make a difference. Their noses are tremendously bet- ter than ours, and unfortu- nately we have this huge opiate problem nation- wide,” he said. “So, I mean, if we can get more drugs off the streets through traffi c stops and interdiction stops, that’s a win.” He also loves the bond that is formed with each dog. “I think sometimes my wife is jealous because I spend more time with the dogs,” Phillips joked. “But it’s defi nitely a bond that’s really unbreakable ... I’ll do a traffi c stop with (Pax), and he’ll be upright watching what I’ve got going on ... just ready to spring into action and save the day.” Even in retirement, Pax won’t stray far from Phillips. He will spend his days living the good life, eating steak and laying on the couch. Though he is ready and excited to start training with Tux, Phillips can’t help but admit it will feel strange not putting Pax into his rig anymore. State data breach exposes health information By AUBREY WIEBER Capital Bureau The Oregon Depart- ment of Human Services last week disclosed that millions of agency emails had been breached in Jan- uary, potentially expos- ing the personal medical information of hundreds of thousands of people. The agency said it dis- covered the data breach involving 2 million emails on Jan. 8 and by Jan. 28 realized the emails included personal medi- cal information protected under Health Insurance Portability and Account- ability Act, known as HIPAA. The agency hasn’t con- fi rmed that any information was actually taken, but the hackers gained access to the emails. Agency offi cials couldn’t readily explain why the public was being alerted two months later. Robert Oakes, a depart- ment spokesman, said the agency found there was the potential for the breach to impact at least 350,000 people. Oregon’s Identity Theft Protection Act requires agencies to alert the public when there is potential to cross that 350,000 thresh- old. A more specifi c number should be available in about two weeks, Oakes said. When asked why the public wasn’t notifi ed in January, he said it took time to go through the large num- ber of emails to fi gure out what was exposed. When asked what happened in the two months since the dis- covery of the breach, Oakes declined to elaborate, say- ing, “It just took time.” The delay in informing the public, and the breach itself, caught the attention of Republicans in the Capitol long critical of the Depart- ment of Human Services. “Nearly two months passed before DHS revealed that its system had been compromised, exposing Social Security numbers, birth dates and additional personal infor- mation,” House Republi- can spokesman Greg Stiles said in a news release. “This risks identity theft and other criminal exploitation of this data.” CANNON BEACH POLICE LOG March 29 March 30 1:24 a.m., Highway 101, MP 34: Po- lice assist Cannon Beach Fire De- partment; Oregon State Police and Oregon Department of Transporta- tion with a three-car motor vehicle accident. 8:29 p.m., 3400 block S. Hemlock: Police assist fi re department with a female fall patient. Woman trans- ported to Providence Seaside Hos- pital by Medix. 3:20 p.m. Shorewood: Children are upset when a subject came on to their property and spoke to them; mother reported incident to police. Police locate the subject and tell her to stay away from the children. 4:54 p.m., Shorewood: A second re- port came in regarding the neigh- bor and the children. 6:20 p.m., 8400 block Highway 101: Police check the welfare of a man threatening to jump into traffi c. The man was transported by the Coun- ty Deputy to Providence Seaside Hospital for evaluation. March 31 5:24 p.m., Beach and North of Creek: A drone reported missing was recovered and returned to its owner. 6:53 p.m., Ecola Park Drive: An intoxicated male reported to be bothering people at Indian Beach by asking for a ride is given a cour- tesy lift to Seaside to his grandfa- ther’s residence. 10:45 p.m., Jackson and Hemlock: Youths fooling around and lying in the middle of the road are warned of disorderly conduct. April 1 April 4 April 7 April 10 5:39 p.m., Haystack parking: A mo- tor vehicle hit and run is reported. 6:30 a.m., Highway 101, MP 3: A dead elk in the roadway struck by a vehicle is removed by ODOT. 3:25 p.m., W. Warren Way: A ring is reported missing. April 2 9:36 a.m., S. Spruce: A lost fi rearm is reported. 4:20 p.m., N. Hemlock: Theft of a mermaid doll and a hat reported; clerk made contact with the sus- pect who returned the doll, but not the hat. 5:23 p.m., Vista Del Mar: Caller ex- presses concern about being left alone with her mentally disturbed son who she said is not taking his medication. Son agreed to tone it down and resume medication. 2:37 p.m., Beach: Police receive nu- merous reports of a heavyset white male with a limp reported to have a knife and behaving in a combative manner. Police are unable to locate. April 5 12:34 p.m., Deer Place: Police deal with truancy concerns regarding a 14 year old. Father is given options. Child is reported missing. April 6 3:02 p.m., N. Hemlock: A hit and run motor vehicle accident is re- ported. 12:19 p.m., N. Gower: Police re- spond to a verbal disturbance re- ported. No crimes were committed. April 9 2:49 p.m. W. Washington: Police as- sist with a female fall patient. 2:47 p.m., Hug Point: Police respond to a report of a man swept out by a wave. Man located prior to police arrival and determined to be fi ne. 9:20 a.m., 80,000 block Carnahan Rd.: Police assist another agency at a verbal disturbance reported. Cannon Beach police maintained scene. 2:56 p.m., N. Hemlock: Police re- spond to a report of a suspicious black bag left on sidewalk. Bag gone on police arrival. April 3 8:07 p.m., Brallier and Ocean Shore: A male subject is apprehended and arrested for menacing; disorderly conduct; and giving false informa- tion to a police offi cer as well as in- terfering with a police offi cer after caller reports a negative interaction with the person who was carrying a sword. 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