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Valparaiso Police Drop Off Center for Prescription Drugs More People Overdose from Prescription Drugs than Heroin or Cocaine The Valparaiso Police Department has announced they will be an official site for disregarding prescription drugs. The Valparaiso Police Department has partnered with the DEA, City of Valparaiso and Porter County Substance Abuse Council in providing a location to drop off prescription drugs. The Porter County Substance Abuse Council provided the funding to purchase the drop off box which will be used to collect the prescription drugs. Old prescription drugs left in your house many times fall into the hands of young children or teenagers. They then are consumed or sold making them more dangerous. Old prescription drugs can also be an environmental hazard when flushed into the water system. Mark Giuffre, resident agent in charge of the DEA in Merrillville, said more people die from overdosing on prescription opiates than heroin and cocaine combined, and said 7 million people in this country are addicted to prescription pills. The drop off box is located in the lobby of the Valparaiso Police Department located at 355 S. Washington St. Pet Supplies Plus Donates Funds to K-9 Program Pet Supplies Plus in Valparaiso has always been a great supporter of the Valparaiso Police Department’s K-9 Program. Throughout the month of June they had been conducting a fund raiser through daily sales. They also offered customers the opportunity to purchase “paper paws” for one dollar. The proceeds from the “paper paws” would be donated to the police department’s K-9 program. This morning the results of the fund raiser were announced by Pet Supplies Plus General Manager Brett Abatie. Over 4000 “paper paws” were purchased by customers throughout June. As a result of this, Pet Supplies Plus presented a check totaling $6151.00 to Police Chief Michael Brickner for the K-9 program. The Valparaiso Police Department would like to thank everybody that purchased a “paper paw” and thank Pet Supplies Plus for their continuous support!
From left to right: K-9 (Cairo), Officer Jerame Simpson, Police Chief Michael Brickner, Pet Supplies Plus General Manager Brett Abatie, K-9 (Frida), Officer Todd Kobitz and in front K-9 (Britta), Officer Jason Hamilton. The K-9’s are Cairo, Britta and Frida. New Program Introduced at Valparaiso Police Department Text Crime Tips to the Police The Valparaiso Police Department announced a new program called “Tip 411”. This new program will allow community members to text crime tips to the department anonymously. Community members that wish to text information to the police should enter “Tip-411” in the telephone number screen when texting and enter the word “Valpo” as the first word in their message screen, (Valpo is the keyword). Once the word “Valpo” is typed in their message screen they can then proceed with their message. When completed with the message press the send key to send the message to the Valparaiso Police Department. Community members are encouraged to text crime tips to the department. Individuals should enter Tip-411 as a contact in their cellular phone to simplify the process of sending a crime tip to the police.
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