The Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office has been humbled by the community outreach in response to the ultimate sacrifice our K9 Diesel made a little over a week ago. Several great organizations like the Bartholomew County Humane Society, Dog World and our great Veterans organizations have volunteered to host fund raisers for a memorial and to sustain our K9 Program.

These organizations, as well as hundreds of citizens, have sent cards, well wishes, prayers, personal items to the Sheriff’s Office and Deputy Matt Bush. We are still in the grieving process but our spirits are lifted by the outpouring of support.

Unfortunately, we have been alerted to a possible scam of someone positioning themselves as a supporter by raising funds on Spot Fund or Go Fund Me web sites.  We wanted to alert the public that we have not endorsed or support these on line activities. Please don’t fall victim. 

If anyone would like to drop off a card or other donation item, please bring it to the front desk at the Sheriff’s Office or mail it to 543 2nd Street. If we do launch a more broad based fund raiser, Bartholomew County Sheriff Matthew A. Myers will personally endorse the effort. 

If anyone has questions please send them to Deputy Dana Vogt at dvogt@bartholomew.in.gov. 

We want to thank the community again for the overwhelming support