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Denton County Sherriff's office will replace alien K-9 unit
Daniel Bisseii,
Staff Writer
Even though the Denton
County Sheriff's office is
currently without a K-9 unit,
there are plans in finding a
replacement unit in the future,
Investigator Larry Kish said.
Denton County Sheriff
William Travis is working to
find a replacement unit.
According to the sheriff's,
office, the only K-9 unit, Chico,
was shot in the abdomen on
Dec 21 after being mistaken
for a coyote by a Collin County
property owner. Chico had
gone missing the day before
after escaping through a blown
open gate.
"The man mistook him for a
coyote and shot him to protect
his livestock," Travis said.
Travisx who wasn't sworn
in until Jan. 1, said a search
for the dog was launched the
next day when the land-owner
called the office and reported
that the animal he shot might
be the missing K-9-
Travis said no charges will
be pressed against the man.
"We talked to him, and he
was very remorseful over what
had happened," Travis said. "It
was clearly an accident, and
no. charges will be pressed
against him."
Chico was a four-year-old
Belgian Malinois who had
served with the department
since 2009. Kish said Chico was
a valued member of the force:
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Photo courtesy Larry Kish
Denton County Sheriff's Office's K-9 officer, Chico, a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois, was found dead on Dec. 21 near Wylie. After going missing on Dec. 20, the K-9 was shot by a property owner who saw
Chico as a threat to his chickens.
who aided in multiple drug-
related busts.
"Chico was a very
successful drug detection K-9
who was directly responsible
for numerous large narcotic
seizures/' Kish said. "Chico
had specialized training in
passenger processing which
allowed him to work in small
confined occupied areas/'
Former Sheriff Benny
Parkey served as Denton
County sheriff from 2005
through 2012 and helped bring
the K-9 program to the sher-
iff's office. He said in an earlier
interview with the Denton
Record-Chronicle that Chico
provided great aid to the; offi-
cers who worked with him.
"Together with his handler,
they were responsible for
many seizures of money and
drugs," Parkey said.
According to Kish, a funeral
was held for the fallen K-9 on
Jan. 10.
"There were approximately
100 attendees," Kish said. "It
was a very positive servicei"
Travis said Chico will be
dearly missed by all those who
worked with him.
"Chico was a very instru-
mental member of our depart-
ment," Travis said. "He led us
to multiple narcotics seizures
worth millions of dollars. We
will all miss him."
Grant to und new cyber security research
Melissa Wylie
Senior Staff Writer
UNT has been designated
as one of seven schools in
the country to work with the
National Security Agency and
Department of Homeland
Security's Information
Assurance; Research after
receiving a nearly $1 million
grant from the National Science
Foundation.
The grant will fund schol-
arships for graduate students
studying. Cyber security within
the Center for Information and
Computer Security until 2017.
The CICS is recognized as a
Center of Academic Excellence
in Information Assurance
Education.
Dr. Ramanamurthy Dantu,
professor of computer science:
and director of the CICS, said the
doctoral program in cyber secu-
rity, beginning in the fall, is the
first of its kind at UNT and is a
new area of study and employ-
ment nationwide.
Under the heading of cyber
security, Dantu said there are 16
specific topics including mobile
security, network security and
trust systems.
"The federal government is
focused on all areas because
there are so many agencies that
are looking for people who have
expertise: in cyber security,"
Dantu said. "There are not many
graduates^ especially Ph.D.s."
Dantu said in the cyber secu-
rity workforce, 33 percent have
undergraduate degrees in the
field, 77 percent have graduate
degrees and one percent of the
graduate degrees are Ph.D.s.
"The goal is that Students will
end up working for the federal
government," Dantu said. "The
placement is guaranteed."
Dr. Suliman Hawamdeh,
professor and chairperson
of library and information
sciences, is working with Dantu
to develop the new interdisci-
plinary program.
Hawamdeh said the grant will
be used to strengthen the area of
Cyber security study at UNT and
the long-standing collaboration
between departments.
"UNT is the first institution
to get an award from NSF at
the Ph.D. level," Hawamdeh
said. "Graduates are expected
to occupy high level positions
within their organization. The
challenge is in recruiting high-
quality students and preparing
them for such high-level posi-
tions."
Dantu said that a total of Six
students will benefit from the
grant. Two students will receive
a scholarship each fall and will
be Continually funded through
their studies.
"The stipend is more than
$50,000 per year," Dantu said.
"These students will not only
be taking courses but be doing
research There's money for them
to travel to conferences, there's
money for the books. Their
tuition is fully paid."
Dantu said the interdisci-
plinary curriculum for earning
a doctoral degree in cyber secu-
rity incorporates economics and
informational sciences. Dantu
said he arranged existing
courses to be taken in a partic-
ular sequence.
Experiments will also be
conducted to develop new soft-
ware techniques and research
will look into system vulnera-
bilities and data breaches, Dantu
said.
"The grant helps the depart-
ment, and especially UNT, to
leapfrog in the education of cyber
security," Dantu said.
Dan Jong Kim, associate
professor of information tech-
nology and decision sciences,
is also working to establish the
cyber security program.
Kim said the field of cyber
security encompasses a number
of technological areas and the
program is designed to expose
students to many of those
aspects.
"As a team with other faculty
in other disciplines, I believe we
can develop a resilient multi-
disciplinary program for grad-
uates who can respond success-
fully," Kim said.
Dantu said student applica-
tions will be accepted until all six
openings are filled. Information
on how to apply can be found at
cics.unt.edu.
Returning student wins non-profit scholarship
Andrew Freeman
Staff Writer
Graduate student Stephanie
Reid earned a $4,500 award
through the Nonprofit
Leadership Alliance, a nation-
ally competitive scholar
ship given to students who
are seeking a certificate in
nonprofit management and
leadership through the NPLA..
Applicants also had to be
active within a nonprofit orga-
nization for at least 300 hours
to receive the award. "My
nonprofit organization is Frisco
Cares, a health clinic that serves
the uninsured in Collin and
Denton county," Reid said. "I
started with them last semester,
and am fulfilling the.last half of
my hours this semester."
Once Reid has finished her
hours, she will receive the
Photo Courtesy of Stephanie Reid
Stephanie Reid and her daughter at the Frisco Cares Clinic where she is an in-
tern. Ihe Next Generation Award is given to students completing internships at
non-profit organizations.
last half of her award money.
Fortunately, working towards
the certifisate while working
with Frisco Cares has perks of
its own, seeing as working with
the clinic is what she wants to
do with the NPLA certificate.
"I am hopefully able to
apply my skills to the clinic
as I learn them," Reid said.
"Not to mention it's really a
great addition to my resume
and portfolio."
UNT has been an affiliate
of the NPLA since 1998, along
with around 50 other campuses
across the country
"Stephanie is the 23rd UNT
student to receive the award
since 2007," Rachel Reed,
campus director of the UNT
Nonprofit Leadership Alliance
program, said. "It's a very
competitive program and it's
an accomplishment when our
students receive this award,
competing against so many
campuses for a very limited
pool of funds."
Reed has been campus
director for the program for
two and a half years and has
worked very closely with the
students for which she writes
recommendation letters.
She said Reid stands out
because she is a "non-tradi-
tional student," having gradu-
ated with a bachelor's degree in
Fine Arts back in 2002.
"[It's impressive that] she
is coming back for the NPLA
certificate and a UNT certifi-
cate for volunteer work," Reed
said. "She has had more expe-
rience than most applicants,"
According to the NPLA
website, the Nonprofit
Leadership Alliance
strengthens,"the leadership
of the social sector to sustain
the ability of nonprofits to
fulfill their missions with a
talented and prepared work-
force. We accomplish this by
partnering with colleges and
universities to prepare, Certify
and connect young people to
Careers with our nonprofit
partners."Since 1948, the NPLA
has been connecting students
to internships with the nation's
leading nonprofit organiza-
tions, including the Boy Scouts
of America, the YMCA of
the USA, Girl Scouts of the
USA and the National Urban
League.Last semester, three
students from UNT received
this award.
"I'm a definite advocate for
the NPLA," Reid said. "I've
learned a lot and I'm excited
about learning the skills imme-
diately applicable. Before, I was
just reading, but now I am able
to be hands-on in real life,"
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