WATCH: Brevard Sheriff Wayne Ivey, K9 ‘Junny’ Take Their ‘Greatest Buddies’ on a ‘Trip Alongside’

Message from Sheriff Wayne Ivey

ABOVE VIDEO: SHERIFF IVEY AND JUNNY TAKE THEIR “BEST BUDDIES” ON THE RIDE OF THEIR LIVES

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Whereas there are such a lot of wonderful issues the job of Brevard County Sheriff lets you do, yesterday will with out query perpetually be one among my favorites, as yesterday eight members of the Down Syndrome Affiliation of Brevard obtained to go on an unimaginable journey together with me, Junny, my stunning spouse Susan Ann and numerous unimaginable members of our company.

The concept to do the journey alongside began once I was serving as an auctioneer on the Down Syndrome Affiliation of Brevard’s annual gala and auctioned off one among our BCSO Expertise Packages with just a little twist…as a substitute of the one who bought the “Trip Alongside” going with me, they might be shopping for the public sale merchandise for eight members of the affiliation to go together with me on the journey of their lives.

Let’s simply say that due to an incredible donation from the guts, the merchandise went like sizzling desserts with the cash raised going to the affiliation after which, our unimaginable crew went to work to make the magic occur.

The day began out with the crew and chaperones getting their uniforms after which it was off to have an enormous lunch courtesy of our nice buddy and accomplice, Joe Rodriguez and the Rodriguez McDonalds Company of Brevard.

After lunch, mine and Junny’s “Greatest Buddies” loaded up of their limos and our Motor Unit escorted us to the port, the place members of our Ag/Marine Unit had been standing by to take them on a water tour.

From driving in our boats to getting fairly near the cruise ships, our Buddies obtained an up shut and private have a look at the day within the lifetime of our boat captains and crew.

From there our escorts led us to our Aviation Hanger the place our “Greatest Buddies” obtained to climb up within the helicopters, study every thing our aviation crew does, and likewise obtained an opportunity to see our Motor Unit showcase their unimaginable expertise.

Subsequent up we headed to the BCSO Pistol Vary the place the “Greatest Buddies” obtained to observe our Bomb Unit with their robotic, our Drone Group reveal how we deploy drones in sure eventualities, after which, obtained up shut and private with our SWAT Rook and BearCat in addition to hang around with a few our SWAT Group members.

And if all of that weren’t sufficient, the Greatest Buddies obtained to observe the Okay-9’s work and go after the chew sleeve, take pleasure in sizzling canine, popcorn, and ice cream sundaes courtesy of our Brevard County Sheriff’s Workplace Public Security Charity Cellular Concession Stand, after which end the evening off with some unimaginable pet love, courtesy of our stunning Bloodhound puppies.

It was an unimaginable day for everybody and a day that I do know our crew members will cherish the remainder of their lives as I believe we had simply as a lot enjoyable and pleasure as our “Greatest Buddies!!”

I need to personally thank everybody that made yesterday so particular, together with Joe Rodriguez, Victoria Timberlake and your entire Down Syndrome Affiliation of Brevard, our DSAB Chaperones, our Crime Prevention Unit, our BCSO Public Security Charity, and naturally, all of our members who participated to present our “Greatest Buddies” the journey of their lives.

Man I Love This Job And This Unbelievable Group We Name Residence!!

– Sheriff Wayne Ivey