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Published February 16, 2012, 09:02 PM

Budget cuts take national bite out of McGruff

House and truck safe haven program are being eliminated
WORTHINGTON — Since his inception by the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) in 1978, McGruff the Crime Dog has been encouraging people to help “take a bite out of crime.” But citizens will be seeing less of McGruff in the near future.

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