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Died \u2013 12\/2\/21<\/strong><\/p>\n

Handler – <\/strong>Cpl. Mark Dexter\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Converse County Residents Mourn Loss Of Beloved K-9 Officer Trigger<\/strong><\/p>\n

There wasn\u2019t a dry eye in the crowd Thursday when Converse County Sheriff\u2019s K-9 Officer Trigger received his final call. Residents from across the county, including dozens of children, stood with law enforcement officers as deputies carried the canine\u2019s flag-draped casket out of the veterinarian\u2019s office where Trigger had died from cancer.\u00a0\u00a0The beloved K-9 will be greatly missed, Cpl. Mark Dexter, Trigger\u2019s handler, said Tuesday. And the loss will be as keenly felt by Trigger\u2019s law enforcement family as it will by members of the community who helped bring him to Douglas. Trigger has been with the department since April 2014, after CCSO presented the idea of starting a K-9 unit. The department didn\u2019t have funding for the program, Dexter said, so it reached out to the community for donations. The response was overwhelming.\u00a0\u201cWithin a couple weeks, we had way more than I ever needed for the canine program donated to us,\u201d he said. \u201cFrom parents that gave us their last $5 for the month all the way up to big businesses that donated thousands of dollars. It was pretty amazing.\u201d In total, he thinks somewhere around $50,000 was donated. Enough for Dexter, who was chosen by the department to be the handler for the new program, to bring an 18-month-old Belgian Malinois back to Douglas.\u00a0It was local elementary school children who chose the name Trigger and they received frequent visits from the dog at school assemblies and community events throughout his career. The community\u2019s generosity didn\u2019t end there. Over the last several years, the donations continued to pour in, from checks from residents and businesses made out to Trigger to free food, heavily discounted vet bills, grooming and more.\u00a0He was definitely the community\u2019s K-9, and with good reason.\u00a0Trigger earned his keep.\u00a0 With an ability to detect up to five different drug odors, Trigger was dispatched anywhere from 100 to 150 times per year.\u00a0Dexter has no idea how many pounds of drugs Trigger took off the streets during his career. He estimated Dexter was responsible for the seizure of $500,000 to $1 million worth of drugs each year. \u201cNot bad for one dog,\u201d Dexter said. The two spent a lot of time training, Dexter said, and were constant companions, with Trigger living with in the family\u2019s heated garage. Trigger wasn\u2019t given treats or even allowed to come inside until the last weeks of his life this fall, when his cancer grew increasingly worse. That\u2019s when all of the rules went out the door as Dexter\u2019s wife Tanisha and children fed him plenty of dog snacks which, as it turned out, Trigger quite liked. Along with his family and the community, the sheriff\u2019s department is taking Trigger\u2019s loss hard. He was like a partner, Dexter said. The pair spent a lot of time together, and Dexter said he shared a lot of secrets with his partner. For now, Dexter is waiting until the new year before he starts looking around for a new K-9. He wants to take a little time to let everyone grieve and get through the holidays.\u00a0\u201cHe was a good dog,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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