(KLZA)--The Pawnee County Sheriff's Department announced in a social media post that Sheriff's Office K-9 Officer, Deputy Justyce Stankoski  has resigned.  

The October 30 resignation once again terminates Pawnee County's attempt to establish a K9 program.

The Pawnee County Sheriff's Department is working with several are agencies interest in the dog.

Sheriff Braden Lang noted that while he has showed public support for the K9 program, he has had serious reservations about it due to the costs of upkeep, training and overtime needed to make the program work.

While there are benefits, Sheriff Lang said increased enforcment activity would have seriously affected the deparment budgets.  

Sheriff Lang said in the release he intends to negotiate a deal for the dog that will bring back enough money to repay donations toward the K9 program in full.