Lake County Sheriff asks kids to help name two dogs joining canine unit

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CHICAGO (WBBM) — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office needs help naming two new canine members.

The sheriff’s office is still deciding which pair of German Shepherds will make the cut to join the canine unit and wants local students to help them come up with names for the dogs.

The canine unit already has five dogs – Boomer, Dax, Duke, Ranno and Ryker – who were nominated by local children.

All Lake County, Illinois students in kindergarten through 12th grade can participate by submitting name ideas online.

The rules of the naming process are as follows:

Public, private and home-schooled students are welcome to participate Children must have permission from their teacher/school and/or parent/guardian Children must be sponsored by their teacher or parent/guardian Children must be currently enrolled ( or home-schooled) in grades K-12 One entry per student is allowed, per dog (two entries total) All information on the form is required for the vote to be counted The winning name will be selected by the Sheriff’s Office of the The Lake County department will choose the winning names, and the students who choose the winning names will be invited to attend the swearing-in ceremony for the new dogs.

The deadline to submit a name is March 25 at noon.

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