Walking by the Waukesha County Courthouse, you may anticipate to see workers members.
But you in all probability wouldn’t anticipate to see a canine. Well, meet Pepper!
“One of Pepper’s favorite activities is to sniff,” says handler Jennifer Dunn. “Although her most favorite thing is meeting people.”
Jennifer Dunn can be the Director of Victim Services for Waukesha County, and Pepper is formally referred to as a canine sufferer assistant specialist. Which means she will get to met lots of people.
Her complete job is to consolation individuals who have to come back to courtroom.
“When someone is crying, that definitely gets Pepper’s attention,” Jennifer says. “She will put her paw on them or her chin on their knee and she will really keep her concentration on them the whole time.”
Pepper is all the time prepared to supply love and affection, and Jennifer says she’s an incredible coworker.
“Now that we have Pepper, we have seen that rapport building takes seconds where it used to take some time,” Jennifer says. “Who would want to sit and talk with me when they could meet and cuddle with Pepper?”
Pepper even has her personal coloring e-book and stuffed animal to assist children get snug with the trial course of.
“We’ve had children tell us, at the end of a visit, ‘I can’t wait to come back.’ Which is unheard of – who wants to come back to the DA’s office next week for at trial?” Jennifer says.
Pepper got here to the Waukesha County District Attorney’s workplace in December 2020, and Jennifer says it was simply in time.
“The following November we had the Waukesha Parade Tragedy and it almost felt like there was a reason we had gotten Pepper because she became an integral part of that process,” Jennifer remembers. “Every hearing in the lead up to the trial, Pepper was a part of.”
Over and over, Jennifer’s shoppers say they couldn’t have made it to courtroom with out Pepper’s help.
“Honestly in 26 years with my career in this office and this program, Pepper is the best thing that I’ve done,” Jennifer says.
The cost of Pepper’s care comes utterly from donations and grants. If you’d prefer to contribute, go to this link.
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