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Fayetteville Police K-9 Nero has died; remembered as a \u2018true fighter\u2019 after battle with cancer<\/p>\n
An eight-year veteran retired K-9 for the Fayetteville Police Department has died after battling cancer for more than a year.K-9 Nero responded to more than 2,000 calls, completed over 361 successful tracks, and had 76 criminal apprehensions, officers with the department said Wednesday. He also participated in more than 300 demonstrations. Nero retired with his handler, Sgt. Burton, in May 2020. Nero enjoyed a delicious steak and doughnut dog cookies, police said. \u201cHe was a true fighter! As his condition worsened, his handler had to make the hardest decision of all: saying \u2018see you later,’\u201d the department said in a news release. He was surrounded by loving friends with Burton was by his side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Handler – Sgt. Burton Fayetteville Police K-9 Nero has died; remembered as a \u2018true fighter\u2019 after battle with cancer An eight-year veteran retired K-9 for the Fayetteville Police Department has died after battling cancer for more than a year.K-9 Nero responded to more than 2,000 calls, completed over 361 successful tracks, and had 76 criminal …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-15415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-nc"],"yoast_head":"\n