Monthly Archives: May 2020

K9 Chief – Alachua County, Florida

Died 5/20/20 Alachua County Sheriff K9 ‘Chief’ dies during training The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office shared in a Facebook post yesterday the death of one of their K9’s, ‘Chief.’ Authorities said during regular training, K9 Chief experienced a medical emergency while conducting a simulated track. Chief was transported to a veterinarian and a small animal clinic for advanced treatment, but …

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K9 Nero – Coweta County, Georgia

Died – 5/20/20 Handler – Officer Brandon Thrower K9 Nero was born in Europe on November 1, 2008. He began his career with Coweta County Sheriff’s Office in February 2010. For the next seven plus years he was a loyal and faithful Drug and Tracking Canine. He was always right beside K9 handler Brandon Thrower’s side, never complaining about the …

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K9 LLSA – Horry County – South Carolina

Handler – handler, L/Cpl. Whitmire K-9 Ilsa experienced a medical emergency and, despite medical care, the decision had to be made to allow her to cross the rainbow bridge. Please keep K-9 Ilsa’s handler, L/Cpl. Whitmire, and the rest of our Horry County Police Department family in your thoughts as they navigate this tough time. Losing a partner is never …

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K9 Buddy – New Jersey Transit Police

Handler – Officer Jerome Morse It is with deep sadness that we report the passing of retired NJTPD K9 Buddy. ⁣⁣K9 Buddy protected the public for 11 faithful years as part of an explosives detection team along with his partner, K9 Officer Jerome Morse. Together the pair conducted daily explosive detection sweeps of NJ TRANSIT stations, facilities, vehicles and all …

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K9 Baggio – MWD

Died – 5/19/20 MWD Baggio, a retired Army Sergeant First Class who served in Afghanistan. He was trained in narcotics and apprehension. He was born September 7, 2008 and retired March 23, 2019 with just shy of 8 years of deployed service on top of his home station work in Europe. His five handlers names were not released. His adopters …

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K9 Alan – Broome County, New York

Died 5/18/20 Handler – Deputy Will Andres Broome County Sheriff mourns death of K9 It is with sad news to report, that K9 Alan (K9 18) passed away unexpectedly on May 18, 2020 at 12:43 pm. K9 Alan was born on June 25, 2015 in Slovakia. He was transported to Gold Coast K9 in Moorpark, California in August of 2016, …

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K9 Ryo – Ohio State Highway Patrol

Died – 5/18/20 Today, we are mourning the death of one of our drug detecting canines, K9 Ryo, who passed away due to natural causes. During his eight year career with the Patrol he seized 675 pounds of marijuana, 17 pounds methamphetamine, 20 pounds of heroin, 12 pounds of fentanyl, and 14 pounds of cocaine.

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K9 Saddie – Colorado

Died 5/17/20 Handler – Jerry Means We are deeply saddened to pass on the news that former Arson K-9 Sadie passed away last night. Sadie was Riley’s predecessor. Sadie was 14 1/2 years old, and was the former arson dog for ACFR’s Chief of Investigations, Jerry Means. Sadie had quite a career, as she was recognized as the top arson …

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K9 Bety – MWD – U.S. Air Force

Died – 5/16/20 MWD (R204) Bety past away due to complications from her service connected Laryngeal Paralysis. MWD Bety was a Dual-Purpose, Patrol and Explosive Detection MWD, with the United States Air Force. She spent her entire career at Fairchild AFB, WA providing law enforcement and sweeping protection level one resources for explosives. Fairchild AFB is home to SERE (Survival, …

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