Died 7\/4\/24
\nHandler – State Trooper First Class Kyle Kaelberer<\/p>\n
Connecticut State Police K-9 Drago passed away on July 4 <\/p>\n
Despite the holiday, July 4 was difficult for the Connecticut State Police community, which lost K-9 Drago #9086, according to a release from CSP.Drago passed away on Thursday due to medical complications. He was a partner of State Trooper First Class Kyle Kaelberer #820 of Troop C in Tolland, the release said.Kaelberer and Drago graduated together from the state police\u2019s 201st Patrol K-9 Class, as well as the 219th Narcotics Detection K-9 class. The duo also served as highly respected members of the State Police Tactical Unit. Harlows Heroes, a Montville-based nonprofit charity that supports K-9 units and K-9 teams, was working on a project to celebrate Drago after he was reportedly released last month from the Pieper Memorial Veterinary Center in Middletown. He spent around six weeks in ICU. Veterinarians at the facility performed a \u201cHail Mary\u201d surgery attempting to save Drago\u2019s life, Krista Smith, founder of Harlows Heroes said.\u201cIf you didn\u2019t know Drago, he was \u2018one in a million\u2019 as described by the people who knew him best,\u201d Smith said on the Harlow Heroes Instagram page. \u201c(Drago) was an absolute sensation on the streets, the best partner you could want going into battle with, all while being incredibly sociable and winning everyone over with his signature look and lovable personality,\u201d Smith said, on the Harlows Heroes Instagram page.According to state police, Drago successfully located countless wanted suspects, missing persons, as well as a large quantity of illegal narcotics.\u201cDrago was a beloved member of Troop C and made an immeasurable impact on the safety of the citizens of Tolland County, the State of Connecticut and the Connecticut State Police as a whole,\u201d the state police release said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died 7\/4\/24 Handler – State Trooper First Class Kyle Kaelberer Connecticut State Police K-9 Drago passed away on July 4 Despite the holiday, July 4 was difficult for the Connecticut State Police community, which lost K-9 Drago #9086, according to a release from CSP.Drago passed away on Thursday due to medical complications. He was a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-16358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-ct"],"yoast_head":"\n