Handler – officer Brad Kohn<\/p>\n
Retired Kennewick K9 dies. He was credited with catching 250 suspects<\/p>\n
A retired Kennewick police dog credited with catching 250 suspected criminals died last week, according to the Kennewick Police Department. Axel, a German shepherd, retired after eight years with the Kennewick police at the end of 2019 when his handler and certified K9 instructor officer Brad Kohn retired after 30 years of service. He was used mostly for chasing down fleeing suspects. \u201cNine times out of 10 all we need to do is tell someone if they don\u2019t stop we\u2019ll let the dog loose,\u201d Kohn said at a news media briefing when Axel was still serving. \u201cThat usually gets people to stop running.\u201d Axel\u2019s death was announced on the Kennewick police Facebook page. \u201cRest easy. Prayers for his partner who\u2019s heart is hurting, I\u2019m sure,\u201d was among more than 125 comments of condolence on the page within hours of the post being made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Handler – officer Brad Kohn Retired Kennewick K9 dies. He was credited with catching 250 suspects A retired Kennewick police dog credited with catching 250 suspected criminals died last week, according to the Kennewick Police Department. Axel, a German shepherd, retired after eight years with the Kennewick police at the end of 2019 when his …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-13070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-wi"],"yoast_head":"\n