Ka lā: Pōʻalua,ʻOkakopa 24, 2023 

Victoria, BC - Ua hauʻoli ʻo VicPD i ka hoʻolauna ʻana i kā mākou lālā hou, he 3 makahiki ʻo Golden Labrador Retriever i kapa ʻia ʻo Daisy. 

Ma ka Poalua, ʻOkakopa 24, ua hoʻokipa ʻo Aliʻi Del Manak iā Daisy i ka ʻohana VicPD i ka wā o ka hoʻohiki ʻana i kāna hana ma ke ʻano he ʻīlio Operational Stress Intervention (OSI).    

ʻO VicPD ʻOihana Hoʻoluhi Hana (OSI) ʻīlio Daisy 

Ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Daisy iā VicPD e Wounded Warriors Canada ma ka hui pū ʻana me VICD - BC & Alberta Guide Dogs nāna i hoʻolako i ke aʻo ʻana no Daisy a me kāna mau mea lawelawe.  

"ʻO nā hopena maikaʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lālā o ka hui kākoʻo Operational Stress Intervention Dog me ka nīnau ʻole. Hoʻokumu ʻo Operational Stress Intervention Dogs i kahi manawa no nā pilina palekana a koʻikoʻi i ka wā e hoʻolaha ana i kahi kaiapuni piha hilinaʻi no nā lālā e wehewehe. Ke hana nei nā ʻīlio e like me Daisy i nā hopena nui i ke olakino noʻonoʻo a me ka maikaʻi o nā hui e like me ka Victoria Police Department. Mahalo nui ʻo VICD - BC & Alberta Guide Dogs i ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o kēia ʻike koʻikoʻi. Luna Hoʻokele Mike Annan, VICD Service Dogs, he Māhele o BC & Alberta Guide Dogs.  

"Pono ʻia nā mākaʻi e pane i nā hanana koʻikoʻi a hiki ke hōʻeha i kēlā me kēia lā. Ua ʻike mākou ʻo ka ʻike pinepine ʻana i nā hanana traumatic hiki ke loaʻa ka hopena lōʻihi i nā lālā a, ma ka hoʻonui ʻana, ʻo ka hui ponoʻī. Ua ʻike nō hoʻi mākou i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana a me ka hele ʻana i mua o kēia mau kūlana e kōkua i nā lālā e palekana, kākoʻo ʻia, a hoʻomaopopo ʻia. ʻO ia kahi ʻāpana nui o ka hana a OSI Daisy e pāʻani ai me ke Keʻena Makai Victoria a haʻaheo loa mākou e kōkua i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia hui. - Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Scott Maxwell, Wounded Warriors Canada 

I hui pū ʻia me ʻelua mau limahana VicPD, e hoʻolilo ʻo Daisy i kona mau lā i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kā mākou limahana. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ʻo Daisy e ʻike i ka wā e loaʻa ai ka pilikia a i ʻole ka pilikia, a ma laila ʻo ia e kōkua ai e hoʻomaha i kekahi o ia mau manaʻo a hāʻawi i ka hōʻoluʻolu i ka poʻe e pono ai.  

"ʻO ka hele ʻana o Daisy ma VicPD ua lawe mai i nā ʻakaʻaka a me nā manawa hauʻoli i ka lā hana o kēlā me kēia. Loaʻa kā mākou limahana i nā hanana traumatic i kēlā me kēia lā a loaʻa iā Daisy ma ʻaneʻi e kōkua i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i ke kaumaha o ka ʻeha a mākou e ʻike ai i kēlā me kēia lā kahi hana ʻē aʻe i kā mākou kūpaʻa i ke olakino a me ka maikaʻi o kā mākou limahana. Mahalo mākou no ka hui pū ʻana me Wounded Warriors Canada a me VICD - BC & Alberta Guide Dogs; ʻO kā lākou kākoʻo me OSI Daisy he mea waiwai nui. - ʻO VicPD Luna Nui ʻo Constable Del Manak 

He mea hoʻohui ʻo Daisy i kā mākou papa hana e kākoʻo i ke olakino olakino o kā mākou mau luna a me nā limahana, me kahi psychologist i loko o ka hale, nā loiloi olakino makahiki no nā limahana āpau, kahi Pūʻulu Kākoʻo Peer a me kahi Sergeant hoʻi i ka hana e kōkua i kā mākou ʻO nā luna a me nā limahana e hoʻokō i kēlā mau pilikia o kēlā me kēia lā a hāʻawi i kā lākou mea maikaʻi loa i kēlā me kēia lā. 

E loaʻa nō hoʻi ʻo Daisy e kākoʻo i kekahi o ko mākou mau makaʻāinana pilikia loa i loaʻa i ka hewa i ka wā o ka nīnauele a me ke kaʻina hoʻokolokolo. He mea aloha i ka poʻe a me ke poʻo poʻo, hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna mau hana i kēia lā a e noho mau i ko mākou mau keʻena a, i kekahi manawa, ko mākou kaiāulu.                                                                           

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Wke ʻimi nei ʻo ia i nā moho kūpono no nā kūlana makai a me nā kūlana kīwila. Ke noʻonoʻo nei i kahi ʻoihana ma ka lawelawe aupuni? ʻO VicPD kahi mea hana like-manawa. E hui pū me VicPD a kōkua iā mākou e hoʻolilo iā Victoria a me Esquimalt i kahi kaiāulu palekana.