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Handler – Officer Aversa Scotch Plains Police Mourn The Loss of K-9 Cux The Scotch Plains police department paid tribute to Cux, the longtime co-worker and companion of retired K-9 Officer Aversa, who laid his retired partner to rest this past weekend. Cux was a fixture at community events, such as National Night Out, and demonstrations for schoolchildren and Scouts. …

Handler – Kohout Ocean County K-9 Officer Passes Away The Ocean County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of their K-9 officer Emmitt. In 2013, Emmitt joined the K-9 Unit and was assigned to his handler Sheriff’s Officer James Kohout. Emmitt was certified by the National Police Bloodhound Association and maintained this certification throughout his career.Emmitt retired in 2019 and …

Handler – Officer Chris Nichols Trusted, Reliable North Jersey Police Bloodhound Dies She was one of North Jersey’s most trusted and reliable investigators. She found missing adults and children as well as criminals and contraband. Maywood police bloodhound Remi died this weekend. She was only 5½ years old.It was a difficult Father’s Day for Officer Chris Nichols.Remington had given “everything …

Handler – K9 Sergeant Montgomery West Windsor Police K9 Cherno’s Final Walk West Windsor Police and other K9 Units from the area were at Progressive Veterinary Care in Skillman today for Police K9 Cherno’s Final Walk. The K9 was 13 1/2 years old and provided service to West Windsor Police Department for 10 years. K9 Cherno was assigned to K9 …

Handler – Sgt. Keith Prendeville Brick Cop Says Farewell To K-9 Partner Of 10 Years Brick Township Police Department K-9 Max retired from the department 14 months ago after a 10 year career as a police dog. This week, Max passed away.“With sadness we announce the passing of retired K-9 Max. Max retired in January of 2021 and lived out …

Died – 5/14/22 Handler – Sgt. Dave Burris Retired Newark Police K9 Ike passes away The Newark Division of Police shared Monday that retired K9 Ike had passed away over the weekend. Police say K9 Ike died on Saturday, May 14 of natural causes. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Sgt. Dave Burris and his family and friends as they …

Handler – Officer Christopher Engelhardt Hillsborough K9 dies after six years of service to police department The Hillsborough Township Police Department announced the passing of K9 Officer Marco. K9 Marco (Kondro) was obtained by a donation from Dr. Caesar DePaço and Deanna Padovani-DePaço. He was subsequently trained and certified in patrol and narcotics in 2015. Since his start, he was …

Died 11/30/21 Handler – Officer Rich Brettell The Bordentown Township Police Department (BTPD) is mourning the loss of one of its retired narcotics dogs, Mako, who passed away on November 30 at the age of 12. Mako’s handler, retired BTPD Officer Rich Brettell, talked to TAPinto Bordentown about Mako’s background and some of the biggest drug busts he made in …

Died – 11/28/21 Handler – Officer Christine Casullo  Ocean County K9 Officer Passed Away The Ocean County Sheriff’s Department is mourning the loss of one of their own. Their K9 officer named Bear has died. According to a post on the department’s Facebook page, Bear passed away suddenly. K9 Bear was a 7 year old German Shepherd, handled by Sheriff’s …