Murrysville’s police department added one officer and lost another May 10, swearing in Officer Anthony Talamo on the same day that longtime K9 officer Argos retired.
Talamo, 27, is a Murrysville native and a 2010 Franklin Regional graduate. Chief Tom Seefeld, who served as Talamo’s training officer at the police academy, said he is the only student Seefeld’s seen who scored a 100% on the written exam.
Argos is a Belgian Malinois from Holland, and has been with the department for almost a decade, since September 2009. He was trained at Shallow Creek Kennels in Sharpsville.
“This has been a great experience in my life,” Kettren said. “People tell you how much work it is, but you don’t know until you’re doing it. I thank the chief and the department for the opportunity.”
Argos will spend his retirement living at Kettren’s home, police officials said.
Below, see video of Talamo’s swearing-in from Friday morning.
