Died 7/4/20 Handler – Officer Adam It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of K9 Zev. This past Saturday Officer Adam found his partner had passed away overnight due to unknown causes. We are awaiting the report from the vet. Officer Adam has been with the Renton Police Department since 1995, and was partnered with K9 Zev …
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Died 3/4/20 1st Handler – Ofc. Bob Harris 2nd Handler – Ofc. Jason Griffin Pasco Police K-9 Hapo dies unexpectedly The Pasco Police Department said Hapo was about 9 years old, and that his cause of death appears to be natural causes due to old age. Hapo had originally been named Jordan when he was selected as Pasco’s next K-9 …
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Died – 1/29/20 Handler – Officer Craig Spokane Police officer mourns the loss of his K9 companion, Leo With heavy hearts, the Spokane Police Department said goodbye to one of their K9 companions on Wednesday. Leonidas (Leo) began his career with the Police Department’s K9 Unit in 2008. He died at home this week from what appeared to be a …
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Handler – Officer Josh Madsen Retired Pasco police K9 Lemon passes away K9 Lemon was a Pasco Police Super-Star. Lemon’s career spanned 8 years and was a big part of the success of the K-9 unit for the Pasco Police Department. Sadly, K9 Lemon passed away over the weekend. Pasco Police posted his passing on their Facebook page: It is …
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Rest In Peace ‘Kato’ the Kent Police K9 From our friends at the Kent Police Department comes this touching tribute to one of their own – Kato the K9, who passed away from a ruptured tumor that took his 9th life at the age of 9.5. Kato served with the Kent Police from 2012 to 2017. People always ask cops …
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Handler – Officer Jason Johnson Retired Yakima Police K9 passes away The Yakima Police Department announced that their retired K-9 Flash has passed away K-9 Flash specialized in narcotics detection and helped her handler, Jason Johnson, on over 3,000 deployments during her career. In 2018, K-9 Flash went on to become “American Humane Law Enforcement Dog of the Year” and …
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Died – 4/22/19 Handler – Sgt. Scott King Mountlake Terrace PD says farewell to long-time narcotics dog Hunter The Mountlake Police Department passed along the sad news Tuesday that its long-time narcotics dog Hunter died Monday night at the age of 14. MLT Police Sgt. Scott King, who served as Hunter’s trainer and partner, said that the black lab had …
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Died – 12/5/18 Handler – Sgt. Dale Preas Walla Walla County Sheriff K-9 passes away The Walla Walla County Sheriff’s Office (WWSO) is saddened to advise that active duty K-9 Gudy, partner to Sgt. Dale Preas, unexpectedly passed away this morning at Washington State University Veterinary Hospital. K-9 Gudy was born on September 21, 2009 in Slovakia. He received his …
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Handler – Det. Sam Hovenden Redmond K9 Vader Dies At 13 One of Redmond’s furriest has passed on to the big Marymoor dog park in the sky. Former police K9 Vader died over the weekend at age 13. Vader served as a K9 for seven years alongside Det. Sam Hovenden. When Vader retired in 2015, he became Hovenden’s family pet. …
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Died – 11/9/18 Handler – Officer Mark McKinney Former Yakima police dog Dexter died at age 9 Dexter, a retired Yakima police dog, died Friday from illness, according to Yakima police. Dexter, a 9-year-old German shepherd, served in the police department for six years, retiring in May. “He was one of the more outstanding dogs,” said Lt. Shawn Boyle. “You …
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