Portage Public safety

Late last week, the Portage Department of Public Safety announced the passing of its K-9 officer, Zorro.

So often we hear of the dangerous and sad events our first reponders are involved in. Recently one Portage's public safety officers stopped to make a welfare check for a woman sitting in a wheelchair on a sidewalk.

Two Portage firefighters answered a special call for help Thursday. Two ducklings became trapped in a storm drain located on Mallard Circle.

The Cuff and Ladder Fund was created in 2006 by a Public Safety Officer and his wife who saw the need to have resources available for local first responders who became sick, injured or unable to serve their community.

The main door into the pharmacy had been pried open and an undisclosed amount and type of controlled substances were stolen.

Portage Public Safety joins the lip sync challenge.

Public safety officers from Kalamazoo and Portage trade their holsters for hockey sticks in the Battle of the Badges hockey game at Wings Event Center.