Ralph Dawe
Ralph Dawe
Police Chief
On December 11, 2006 Major Ralph Dawe was appointed Chief of Police of the Scottsboro Police Department. Past Chief of Police Keith Smith retired effective June 30, 2006.
Chief Dawe joined the Scottsboro Police Department in March, 1989. During his career with SPD he served as a patrolman for three years, and served in the Detective Division for 10 years. During those ten years he held the ranks of Sergeant, Lieutenant and Captain of that Division.
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    Mato won four awards: Medallion - First Place - Obedience Medallion - Fourth Place - Criminal Apprehension Tall Trophy - Second Place - Overall patrol canine Short Trophy - Third Place - Dual purpose canine for drugs and patrol We are very proud of Officer Manning and Mato. On May 28, 2007 the Scottsboro Police Department enhanced their capabilities to serve the Scottsboro citizens by welcoming Mato to the force. Mato was born in December of 2005, in Czechoslovakia. Mato is a German Shepard and has received special training to detect six (6) different odors of narcotics. He has also been trained for tracking people and police patrol. Mato was formally trained by the Huntsville Police Department's K-9 training program and has been nationally certified as a dual purpose police dog. Officer Manning joined the Scottsboro Police Department on June 2004. He became the K-9 handler in October 2007. The duo attended a 13 week training course at the Huntsville Police Department. The Scottsboro Police Department is looking forward to utilizing Mato and Officer Manning to assist with patrol, rescue, tracking, and drug enforcement. Office Manning and Mato do routine school searches in Scottsboro and Jackson County. Chief Dawe will evaluate the K-9 unit and if it does well, he will seriously consider additional K-9 units. |
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