Died 2\/28\/22<\/p>\n
A dedicated Irvine police k9 was laid to rest after many years of service and a year of retirement. K-9 Sgt. Fritz, was humanely euthanized on Monday Feb 28th, at Mountainview Animal Clinic in Ravenna KY, with his home family and Mayor James Gross present. Sgt. Fritz served the community as The Irvine Police Departments drug and tracking K-9 from 2012 until his retirement in 2021. After his retirement from street level work, he served as an ambassador bridging young children from the local schools with law enforcement. Sgt. Fritz made several appearances with \u201cUncle Kris\u201d during the Christmas season and also with the cub scout, girl scouts , touch a truck educational series with the library, The Mushroom Festivals, senior class trips and many other engagements. The police department says that Sgt Fritz was an amazing officer that helped the community in so many ways, too many to name. He was always welcomed at E.M.S. , Fire Stations, District Court ( Judge Leach always urging him to \u201cbe present\u201d) and many local businesses. Sgt. Fritz loved to play tug where you would no doubt ever win, and swim in his pond. K-9\u201cBear\u201d will take it from here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died 2\/28\/22 A dedicated Irvine police k9 was laid to rest after many years of service and a year of retirement. K-9 Sgt. Fritz, was humanely euthanized on Monday Feb 28th, at Mountainview Animal Clinic in Ravenna KY, with his home family and Mayor James Gross present. Sgt. Fritz served the community as The Irvine …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-11999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-ky"],"yoast_head":"\n