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A local law enforcement hero has died. Retired K9 Narcotics Detector Bailey recently passed away at the age of 15 years old after being overcome with several medical conditions.K9 Bailey served the Moapa Band of Paiutes community for seven years with her handler, Eddie Dutchover. Together they worked highway interdiction on the I-15 corridor.They were certified by the State of Utah K9 POST program on narcotics detection. K9 Bailey worked alongside and assisted many police departments including Las Vegas Metro, Henderson Police, North Las Vegas Police, Nevada Highway Patrol, Arizona DPS, and the Mesquite Police Dept. Bailey retired with Eddie and stayed with the Dutchover family. K9 Bailey was rescued from an animal shelter and trained by Midwest K9 in Iowa. In her distinguished career, she would go on to find a total of 104.4 pounds of methamphetamine, 11 pounds of cocaine, 141 pounds of marijuana, 3 pounds of heroin and $4,958,184 in drug money. Bailey was also responsible for a significant (drug) money seizure in the state of Nevada during a single traffic stop. The single incident seized a total of $1,814,091.“I salute you K9 Bailey for protecting me by barking for me on traffic stops to make sure I was always safe, for always being my loyal partner and for loving me and my family,” said K9 Bailey’s partner and handler, Eddie Dutchover. “You have done a great service to our county by keeping narcotics out of our community and for saving lives.” Dutchover said that Bailey enjoyed doing community events for Boy Scouts, school district events, and many other youth programs to show off her amazing skills. “I will truly miss her and appreciate everything she has done,” he said. “She will always be my hero.” In honor of Bailey, members of the public can donate to A Path 4 Paws at https://apath4paws.org/donate/, a non-profit that helps rescue animals like her and gives them a second-chance to be loved the way she was and to give other rescue dogs a forever loving family.
