Over the past several years, Waldron and Roling, along with former teacher Jane Nagy, have had close to a dozen of their CCI dogs in training walking the halls of the High Bridge school. Puppies leave the CCI regional training center in Medford, NY, at approximately 8 weeks old and spend 18 months living with a family.

During that time, it is the puppy raisers responsibility to train and socialize their canines and prepare them for a life of service. The administration at High Bridge elementary has welcomed the opportunity to teach their staff and students about disabilities, the working dogs that might assist a person with a disability, and also help to train and socialize the CCI puppies.

Close to a dozen golden retrievers, Labs and crosses of the two raised by Waldron, Roling and Nagy, have made their way through the halls of High Bridge Elementary on their way to advanced training back at CCIs Long Island campus. Students have practiced their reading with the dogs and made sure to stay well-behaved for fear of missing out on an opportunity to interact with the pups.

The dogs have benefited greatly as well. They have learned how to remain calm around excitable children, how to nap in their crates when a class is being taught and how to navigate the congested halls of an elementary school skills that will all come in handy when the canines are ultimately placed with a person who has a disability. It is an arrangement that has benefited all those involved.

Snyders office says he issued an executive order Thursday creating the unit in the state Gaming Control Board.

In a statement, Snyder says having a division with expanded access to state and federal criminal justice information helps the gambling board do its job better.

Snyder says the Criminal Investigations Subunit will handle any criminal activity relating to any matter under the jurisdiction of the board, which regulates Detroits three casinos.

It will conduct fingerprint-based background checks for applicants seeking licenses to work in the gambling industry, investigate claims of unlawful gambling, and share and review records and information with other criminal justice agencies.