{"id":11257,"date":"2021-09-27T19:13:59","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T23:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/?p=11257"},"modified":"2021-09-29T19:15:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T23:15:10","slug":"k9-basco-gresham-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/k9-basco-gresham-oregon\/","title":{"rendered":"K9 Basco &#8211; Gresham, Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"<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; display: inline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Died 9\/27\/21<\/p>\n<p>Handler &#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;\">Officer Shawn Debler<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px 0px 10px; 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;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;\">The Gresham Police Department is mourning the death of a very good boy \u2014 veteran K9 officer Basco. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;\">The half Belgian malinois, half German shepherd had been experiencing a rapidly progressing illness, and the 11-year-old pooch died Monday night, Sept. 27, while on patrol with his partner Officer Shawn Debler. The pair had been working side-by-side for nearly 10 years. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;\">&#8220;He was an amazing partner and exceptional canine,&#8221; said Debler, a K9 handler for the department. \u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;I am thankful for all the work we did together to keep our community safe and I&#8217;ll miss him greatly.&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;\">Basco joined the department in 2012 when he was one year old, and was the veteran of the K9 division. He is credited with 300 apprehensions of suspected criminals. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;\">A year into his service, Basco was attacked and badly injured while on the job.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;\">He had tracked a criminal, and was attempting to subdue the target, when the man began to beat Basco with a stick. It wasn&#8217;t until officers arrived a few moments later that they were able to stop the attack. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;\">&#8220;Seeing your dog get hurt or sick is one of the worst feelings you can imagine,&#8221; Debler told the Outlook. &#8220;I spend more time with my dog than my family. You find yourself talking to them in the car.&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;\">Basco would recover from that attack and continue his successful decade-long career. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;\">While primarily providing K9 services for patrol calls, Basco was also integrated with the East Metro SWAT team, and used in numerous high-risk situations. He was also cross-trained for narcotics detection. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;\">Gresham has worked with and trained dogs since 1983.<\/span><\/p>\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>Died 9\/27\/21 Handler &#8211; Officer Shawn Debler &nbsp; The Gresham Police Department is mourning the death of a very good boy \u2014 veteran K9 officer Basco. 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