It’s a furor the Lake County Sheriff’s Department did not see coming: A bloodhound with the same name as a Nazi general.
Early Friday morning, the Florida department announced its newest K9 officer, a bloodhound named Rommel, with a Twitter post:
Meet LCSO’s newest Bloodhound, Rommel. He is a 10 week old liver colored bloodhound now assigned to Master Deputy Meintzschel. Rommel will soon begin his rigorous training to support the community by locating missing persons, fugitives, and evidence. Welcome aboard Rommel!
Meet LCSO's newest Bloodhound, Rommel. He is a 10 week old liver colored bloodhound now assigned to Master Deputy Meintzschel. Rommel will soon begin his rigorous training to support the community by locating missing persons, fugitives, and evidence. Welcome aboard Rommel! pic.twitter.com/v8sP0aLnY0
Unfortunately, the department didn’t notice that the bloodhound had the same name as Erwin Rommel, a German field marshal and general who commanded Nazi forces in North Africa during World War II, according to the Florida Sun-Sentinel.
But Twitter users sure did ...
This is what can happen when folks aren't well-versed in history. Naming police dogs after WW II German Wehrmact generals is probably not the best idea.https://t.co/rpNpdTLYo0
A few hours later, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office announced a name change was in order.
“Although our new bloodhound was named after a childhood pet of the handler, he learned that his name is also tied to a Nazi war criminal,” the tweet read. The situation was rectified by a deputy renaming the dog Scout. “Welcome Scout to LSCO!”
Original Tweet accidentally deleted. Although our new bloodhound was named after a childhood pet of the handler, he learned that his name is also tied to a Nazi war criminal. MD Meintzschel immediately rectify the issue I renaming him scout! Welcome Scout to LCSO! pic.twitter.com/Fp41rsqtPY
This undated photo provided by the Jackson, Tenn. Police Department on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 shows Farro, a police dog, and his partner, K9 Officer Jeremy Stines. On Wednesday, police said that the 9-year-old German shepherd has died. He became sick during Memorial Day weekend, and was found to have cancer. The department's first dual-purpose dog worked to detect drugs and apprehend crime suspects. (AP Photo/Jackson Police Department)
Mets Mariners Baseball
A Seattle Police Dept. K9 officer conducts a security sweep with his dog prior to a baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the New York Mets, Tuesday, July 22, 2014 in Seattle. (AP Photo)
Indonesia Ramadan Security
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PetArmor Donates Bullet-and-Stab-Protective Vests to Detroit Police Department K-9s
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR PETARMOR - In this photo taken on Wed., July 16, 2014 in Detroit, police Sgt. Oscar Garza is seen with his dog, Mace, in the Detroit Police K9 training field. PetArmor has donated bullet-and-stab protective vests to three K-9s who work alongside officers from the Detroit Police Department. (Photo by Gary Malerba/Invision for PetArmor/AP Images)
PetArmor Donates Bullet-and-Stab-Protective Vests to Detroit Police Department K-9s
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR PETARMOR - In this photo taken on Wed., July 16, 2014 in Detroit, police officer Jedadiah Hubbard is seen with his dog, Diesel, in the Detroit Police K9 training field. PetArmor has donated bullet-and-stab-protective vests to three K-9s who work alongside officers in the Detroit Police Department. (Photo by Gary Malerba/Invision for PetArmor/AP Images)
Reprieved Pit Bull
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Secret Service Dogs on Patrol
A Uniformed Division Secret Service police officer patrols with a dog on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The Secret Service has started deploying specialized canine units to help protect the area around the White House grounds, where tourists flock day and night to catch a glimpse of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Although the Secret Service has used police dogs since 1976 to pre-screen areas for presidential visits, this is the first time theyâre being broadly deployed among the general public. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Secret Service Dogs on Patrol
A Uniformed Division Secret Service police officer patrols with a dog on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The Secret Service has started deploying specialized canine units to help protect the area around the White House grounds, where tourists flock day and night to catch a glimpse of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Although the Secret Service has used police dogs since 1976 to pre-screen areas for presidential visits, this is the first time theyâre being broadly deployed among the general public. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Secret Service Dogs on Patrol
A Uniformed Division Secret Service police officer patrols with a dog on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The Secret Service has started deploying specialized canine units to help protect the area around the White House grounds, where tourists flock day and night to catch a glimpse of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Although the Secret Service has used police dogs since 1976 to pre-screen areas for presidential visits, this is the first time theyâre being broadly deployed among the general public. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Secret Service Dogs on Patrol
A Uniformed Division Secret Service police officer patrols with a dog as visitors walk on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The Secret Service has started deploying specialized canine units to help protect the area around the White House grounds, where tourists flock day and night to catch a glimpse of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Although the Secret Service has used police dogs since 1976 to pre-screen areas for presidential visits, this is the first time theyâre being broadly deployed among the general public. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Secret Service Dogs on Patrol
A Uniformed Division Secret Service officer patrols with a dog on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The Secret Service has started deploying specialized canine units to help protect the area around the White House grounds, where tourists flock day and night to catch a glimpse of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Although the Secret Service has used police dogs since 1976 to pre-screen areas for presidential visits, this is the first time theyâre being broadly deployed among the general public. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Indonesia Election
A police officer leads a bomb-sniffing dog past ballot boxes as they conduct a security sweep at a polling station near where Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo will cast his vote in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Police Dog Killed
This undated photo provided by Glassboro NJ Police Department shows Patrolman Charles Williams and his K-9 partner Anka. Authorities say the police K-9 dog has died after it was spooked by fireworks in southern New Jersey and was hit by car after escaping from its kennel. The 6-year-old German Shepherd was killed Saturday, July 5, 2014. The dog's partner, Glassboro Patrolman Charles Williams, found the dog missing when he returned home Saturday night. An off-duty officer found her in the street about a half mile away after police from Glassboro and surrounding towns began searching for the dog. (AP Photo/Glassboro NJ Police Department)
India Kashmir Security
Security officers, along with a sniffer dog, inspect luggage at a railway station in Jammu, india, Thursday, July 3, 2014. Security has been beefed up ahead of Indian prime minister Narendra Modiâs visit to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Police said. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
India Building Collapse
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South Africa State of Nation Address
South African Police with dogs provide security at Parliament before South African President Jacob Zuma, arrives to give the State of the Nation address in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
JAPAN-WEATHER-DISASTER-LANDSLIDE
A dog and rescue workers search victims in collapsed house two days after a landslide hit a residential area in Hiroshima, western Japan on late August 22, 2014. The death toll from catastrophic landslides in western Japan could more than double, a police tally showed August 22, as fears of a fresh collapse halted the search for 51 people still missing. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS JAPAN OUT (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)
Indonesia's Military & Police Forces Prepare For Forthcoming Presidential Election
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CHINA-US-DIPLOMACY
Two policeman patrol The Great Wall of China during a visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry and US Secreary of the Treasury Jacob Lew at Badaling, north of Beijing on July 8, 2014. US officials including Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Beijing on July 8 for annual strategic and economic talks, with ties strained by differences over hacking and maritime tensions AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO (Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)
INDONESIA-ELECTION
Indonesia police from K-9 squad line up during a security preparation for Indonesia presidencial election in Denpasar in Indonesia's resort island of Bali on July 7, 2014. Millions of Indonesians will cast their vote on July 9, 2014 in a very tight race between Widodo, the Jakarta governor and Subianto, the former general. AFP PHOTO / SONNY TUMBELAKA (Photo credit should read SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP/Getty Images)
Police Respond To Bomb Threat At Harvard
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IRAN-CRIME-DRUGS
An Iranian policeman displays the bite force of his sniffer dog in eastern Tehran on June 26, 2014 to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The Iranian security forces seized some 575 tons of drugs between March 2013 and March 2014, the Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Preparations For The Coronation Of Prince Felipe Of Spain
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Police Dog Vests
This undated photo provided by Lakewood Police Department shows a dog named Ranger wearing one of the vests donated to police agencies. Six police dogs in Washington have been equipped with protective vests thanks to donations through a Massachusetts organization. The Lakewood Police Department has new vests for Koda and Ranger. The department says other vests were donated for two dogs with the Kent department and two dogs with the Okanogan County sheriff's office. The vests come from the Vested Interest in K9s charity based in East Taunton, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Lakewood Police Department)
Boston Marathon Bombing Anniversary
A police officer and his dog patrol Boylston Street near the Boston Marathon finish line Tuesday, April 15, 2014 prior to a remembrance ceremony for family members and survivors of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
The Week That Was From Latin America
In this Wednesday, March 26, 2014 photo, a Special Police Operations Battalion (BOPE) officer is chased by a barking dog during an operation in the Mare slum complex, ahead of its "pacification," in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Elite federal police and army troops will be sent to the city to help quell a wave of violence in so-called "pacified" slums. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Police Dog Shot
This image provided by the Albuquerque Police Department shows police K-9 dog, "Rico," who was shot Friday March 21, 2014 during a standoff with a suspected burglar. Albuquerque police say they've found the body of a dead person at a business where a police dog was shot and wounded during the operation as officers responded to a reported burglary Friday morning. The dog is undergoing surgery for multiple wounds. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Albuquerque Police Department)
Brazil World Cup Security
A police handles a dog during security operations' training related to the upcoming 2014 World Cup in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, March 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
China Politics
A police dog is transported on a police truck past Tiananmen Gate near the Great Hall of the People where sessions of the National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference are held in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
NYPD Military Service Dog
In this undated photo provided by the New York City Police Department, Caeser, the NYPDâs newest police dog is shown. The 4-year-old German shepherd, who served three tours of duty overseas, will be patrolling the New York City subways with Officer Juan Rodriguez. The Defense Department has long made some of its retired dogs available to law enforcement agencies, but the NYPD hasn't had one before. (AP Photo/NYPD)
India American Killed
In this Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, Indian policemen investigate with sniffer dog at Bunty Sharma, 32, an auto rickshaw driver, house, in Agra, India. Bunty fatally stabbed his American wife Erin W. Willinger before killing himself in Agra, the city that is home to the Taj Mahal and where the couple married in October, police said Saturday. Willinger's body was found with multiple stab wounds late Thursday night in a deserted part of the city, said Agra police chief Shalabh Mathur. Her husband Bunty Sharma committed suicide by igniting cooking gas and causing a massive explosion in his home, Mathur said. (AP Photo)
Police Dog Stabbed
A Uniontown, Pa. police officer, right, and his K9 partner assembles with others for a funeral procession for a Pittsburgh police dog on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Pittsburgh. Rocco was an 8-year-old German shepherd that died Jan. 30, two days after being stabbed by a fugitive suspect during an arrest. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Police Dog Stabbed
Police officers and their K9 partners assemble for a funeral procession for a Pittsburgh police dog on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Pittsburgh. Rocco was an 8-year-old German Shepherd that died Jan. 30, two days after being stabbed by a fugitive suspect during an arrest. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Police Dog Stabbed
Police officers line the edge of a funeral procession for a Pittsburgh police dog with their K9 partners as they stand in line on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Pittsburgh. Rocco, a Pittsburgh police K9, was an 8-year-old German shepherd that died Jan. 30, two days after being stabbed by a fugitive suspect during an arrest. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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