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\nHandler – Sgt. Todd Fordahl<\/p>\n
Retired Angels Camp police dog Turner dies<\/p>\n
Turner, a retired service dog with the Angels Camp Police Department, had to be euthanized on Jan. 28, the department reported Thursday. Turner served from 2005 to 2010 and was the first narcotics detection K-9 in the history of the department. His handler was Sgt. Todd Fordahl, now Chief Fordahl. Turner participated in numerous warrant operations throughout Calaveras County as well as in Tuolumne, Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties. Turner was responsible for the arrests and seizure of illegal narcotic proceeds totaling over $26 million. Turner entered in K-9 demonstrations and represented the department and the city in numerous police competitions. His last competition was in South San Francisco in 2010, at which he competed against 19 other K-9 teams and finished in first place. Turner\u2019s remains were cremated and his ashes will be interned at Franklin Pet Cemetery in Merced, which has a police K-9 memorial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died – 1\/28\/16 Handler – Sgt. Todd Fordahl Retired Angels Camp police dog Turner dies Turner, a retired service dog with the Angels Camp Police Department, had to be euthanized on Jan. 28, the department reported Thursday. Turner served from 2005 to 2010 and was the first narcotics detection K-9 in the history of the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-1208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-ca"],"yoast_head":"\n