Ringo the Patrol Pony is 'mane' attraction at Virginia Tech
BLACKSBURG — Students stopped for selfies and to pet the beribboned mane of Ringo the Patrol Pony, mascot for Virginia Tech Police Department, duri...
BLACKSBURG — Students stopped for selfies and to pet the beribboned mane of Ringo the Patrol Pony, mascot for Virginia Tech Police Department, during a weekly walk around the Drillfield last week.Walks around campus with Ringo are an effort in community police work, said John Tarter, resident life resource officer for the Virginia Tech Police Department. It's a chance for positive interactions and relationship-building with students, who returned to campus for the start of spring semester.'We are going around to different places on campus to promote our community policing outreach, our radio show, our self-defense class for women and men, our student police academy,' Tarter said.