{"id":10990,"date":"2021-07-23T20:38:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T00:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/?p=10990"},"modified":"2021-07-23T20:38:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T00:38:51","slug":"k9-beko-great-barington-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/k9-beko-great-barington-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"K9 Beko &#8211; Great Barington, Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; display: inline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; display: inline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; 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color: #000000;\">\n<p>Handler &#8211; <span style=\"white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; display: inline !important; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Officer Balestro<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; display: inline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; display: inline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"font-size: small; text-decoration: none; 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font-family: 'Calibri'; color: #000000;\">\n<h1 class=\"article-title\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 1px; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.1; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; -webkit-box-ordinal-group: 3; order: 2; border: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;\">Great Barrington K9 officer Beko passes away<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 1px; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; border: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\">Great Barrington Police are mourning the loss of the department\u2019s K9 who passed away. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\">According to Great Barrington Police Chief Storti, K9 officer Beko died unexpectedly, after a routine medical procedure. <\/span><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; border: 0px; padding: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wwlp.com\/news\/local-news\/berkshire-county\/meet-beko-first-police-comfort-dog-in-the-berkshires\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\">K9 officer Beko<\/span><\/a><span style=\"white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; display: inline !important; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0joined the Great Barrington Police Department as a therapy dog in September 2020 and worked with his handler Officer Balestro visiting schools, hospitals, libraries, senior centers, nursing homes and community gatherings. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\">Beko was the first therapy dog in a Berkshire County police station that was donated by breeders at <\/span><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; border: 0px; padding: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boonefieldlabradors.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\">Boonefield Labradors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"> in New Hampshire. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\">To offer your condolences, visit the <\/span><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; border: 0px; padding: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GBPDMA\/photos\/a.627299843977231\/6065596443480850\/?type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\">Great Barrington Police Department\u2019s Facebook post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. <span style=\"white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; display: inline !important; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">The chocolate English Labrador Retriever trained in responding to difficult 911 calls that include mental health issues, calls involving children, a natural disaster that brings loss or destruction, and working in the community greeting residents.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Handler &#8211; Officer Balestro Great Barrington K9 officer Beko passes away &nbsp; Great Barrington Police are mourning the loss of the department\u2019s K9 who passed away. According to Great Barrington Police Chief Storti, K9 officer Beko died unexpectedly, after a routine medical procedure. 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