{"id":14825,"date":"2020-03-13T11:46:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T15:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=14825"},"modified":"2020-03-13T11:56:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T15:56:13","slug":"genesee-county-k-9-rayzor-joins-the-sheriffs-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/03\/13\/genesee-county-k-9-rayzor-joins-the-sheriffs-office\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/K-9 Rayzor joins the Sheriff\u2019s Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1O_pCkFU-OU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheriff William A. Sheron, Jr. is pleased to introduce the new Genesee County Sheriff\u2019s Office K-9, Rayzor, (a 14-month-old male German Shepherd Malinois) and his handler, Deputy James D. Stack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stack has been with the Genesee County Sheriff&#8217;s Department for 3 years, he previously served as a Deputy in the Monroe County Sheriff&#8217;s Department for 2 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dog is named to honor Genesee County Correction Officer Raymond F. Thompson who passed away while performing his duties in the morning hours of May 30, 2002.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deputy Stack and Rayzor will be attending the Niagara Regional Police               Service canine training program in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada,       beginning this coming Monday through the end of June.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-attachment-id=\"14830\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/03\/13\/genesee-county-k-9-rayzor-joins-the-sheriffs-office\/rayzor-still\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rayzor-still\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still.jpg?fit=900%2C506&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still.jpg?fit=900%2C506\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sheriff&#8217;s Office would like to extend their sincere appreciation to all the individuals,  students and businesses for their generous donations that made the addition of K-9 Rayzor possible.  Also to all the students that submitted naming suggestions.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are pleased to have Rayzor as an addition to our agency,\u201d said Sheriff  Sheron. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14832\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/03\/13\/genesee-county-k-9-rayzor-joins-the-sheriffs-office\/rayzor-still-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still-3.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rayzor-still-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still-3.jpg?fit=900%2C506&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still-3.jpg?fit=900%2C506\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14832\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still-3.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still-3.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still-3.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still-3.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still-3.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rayzor-still-3.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><figcaption>(<br>L-R)Rene Thompson(Wife of Ray Thompson), Retired K9 Deputy Brian Thompson with Deputy James Stack and Rayzor <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheriff William A. Sheron, Jr. is pleased to introduce the new Genesee County Sheriff\u2019s Office K-9, Rayzor, (a 14-month-old male German Shepherd Malinois) and his handler, Deputy James D. Stack. Stack has been with the Genesee County Sheriff&#8217;s Department for 3 years, he previously served as a Deputy in the \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/03\/13\/genesee-county-k-9-rayzor-joins-the-sheriffs-office\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[1571,2056],"class_list":["post-14825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genesee-county","tag-genesee-county-sheriffs-department","tag-k9-rayzor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-3R7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":75996,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/genesee-county-nonprofit-group-looks-to-help-raise-funds-for-a-new-k9-as-k9-rayzor-will-be-retiring-this-fall\/","url_meta":{"origin":14825,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Nonprofit group looks to help raise funds for a new K9 as K9 Rayzor will be retiring this fall","author":"aka","date":"June 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Sadly, it was just announced Rayzor, our current K9, will be retiring this fall. 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