K9 Sampson aka Samy came to the Wakefield Police Department in Wakefield Massachusetts in May of 2021.  K9 Samy is a certified Comfort Therapy Dog with the National Alliance of Therapy Dogs.  She lives with Officer Kelley Tobyne in Beverly, Ma. Officer Kelley and K9 Samy are assigned to the Wakefield Public Schools providing the students with a safe learning environment on a day-to-day basis.  They are also members of the Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council: Critical Incident Stress Management team (NEMLEC CISM) where they debrief or diffuse service calls with officers. 

 

You can often find K9 Samy paired up with her best friend K9 Ella of the Peabody Police Department. She loves hanging with other Crosslot’s Labs; Breeze (Wakefield High School)  Nor’e (Northeast Vocational Technical School).