At 2pm Friday, September 23, the Franklin Police Department will celebrate two graduating canines at Police Headquarters: Jenks, assigned to Officer Brett Spivy, and Duke, assigned to Officer Kenneth Gibbs.

The four-legged officers have undergone an intensive, 28-week training program to prepare them for lives as canine crime-fighters. Jenks and Duke, two-year-old German Shepherds, both hail from Europe. Jenks was named in honor of Trooper Calvin Jenks, murdered while protecting Tennesseans in 2007.

Media representatives wishing to cover Friday’s graduation
can confirm their attendance by e-mailing
Lieutenant cwarner@franklintn.gov