Jarrin Platt and Raptor
By Marty Bachman editor@dequeenbee.com
All of his young life, two things defined Jarrin Platt; his love of dogs and a great desire to help people. At age 28, Platt is living his dream, having assumed the duties of canine officer for the De Queen Police Department.
An anti-drug warrior, Platt joined the force as a patrol officer in March 2018. In May 2019, when canine officer J.J. Lopez left the department, Platt inherited the organization’s canine, Kilo, a Belgian Malinois that came to De Queen via the Howard County Sheriff’s Department in 2018.
At the time Kilo was being retired, the De Queen Police Department made the decision to obtain another canine for the department, and with a $4,500 donation from Arvest Bank, they were able to acquire Raptor, a 2-year-old Belgian Malinois, last August. Platt met the new member of the De Queen Police Department at the academy in Little Rock, where the two had to endure eighty hours of training in two weeks, which was easy compared to their having to share a hotel room together the 14 days.
Platt, who hails from Horatio, said he enjoys being a member of the De Queen Police Department and that he hopes to spend his entire career there. He and his wife are raising four kids, three girls and a boy, in the local area.
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