Thursday, Marty Kemp was on hand at the governor's mansion as three-year-old Rex and 11 other dogs got their badges as they joined the Georgia State Patrol and Georgia Capitol Police as K-9 officers.

A police dog died of heat stroke after being left in a patrol car in Woodstock, Georgia, authorities said Tuesday. The 3-year-old dog, a Belgian Malinois named Spartacus, was found dead Monday ...