4/26/16
Handler – Officer Patrick Long
Retired K-9 Niko dies
Niko, who served on the Hemet Police Department K-9 unit from 2009-2014, died early Tuesday, April 26. Niko died at the home of Patrick Long, a retired Hemet police officer who was his handler. Long and Niko were awarded “Top Dog” at the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department K-9 trials in 2011. A Belgian malinois, Niko joined the K9 unit in July 2009.