First-ever TRF Police K9, Max, unexpectedly passes away<\/p>\n
Thief River Falls Police just announced the unexpected passing of the department\u2019s first-ever police K9, Max.On Thursday, Feb. 29th, 2024, Max\u2019s handler found his K9 partner dead in his kennel. Max\u2019s body was brought to a veterinary clinic where they determined he died from Gastric Dilation-Volvulus, otherwise known as a stomach flip.Max was a 10 year old Belgian Malinois and was the department\u2019s first-ever Police K9. He started his career with the TRF PD in 2017 as a single purpose narcotics detection K9. He earned dual-purpose certification the next year in 2018.Over his career, K9 Max and his handler, Mike Roff, have been involved in numerous felony level narcotics seizures. When Max died, he was semi-retired, due to the recent changes to the state marijuana laws, but was still active in school searches and community demonstrations about drug awareness.The Thief River Police Department say they\u2019re currently in the process of replacing Max with a new single-purpose narcotics detection K9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
First-ever TRF Police K9, Max, unexpectedly passes away Thief River Falls Police just announced the unexpected passing of the department\u2019s first-ever police K9, Max.On Thursday, Feb. 29th, 2024, Max\u2019s handler found his K9 partner dead in his kennel. Max\u2019s body was brought to a veterinary clinic where they determined he died from Gastric Dilation-Volvulus, otherwise …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-15766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-mn"],"yoast_head":"\n