Died 11\/29\/24
\nHandler – Officer Doherty<\/p>\n
5 years after \u2018hanging up the collar,\u2019 retired K9 dies peacefully in handler\u2019s care<\/p>\n
On Saturday, the Overland Park Police Department announced the passing of a former K9 officer.Gus was a Belgian Malinois born in the Netherlands. He joined the OPPD K9 unit in March 2014 and retired in April 2019 when he was seven years old. Gus spent those five years on the unit working alongside his handler, Officer Doherty. He specialized in patrol work, which included searching for and apprehending suspects, as well as sniffing out narcotics. In total, Gus was used 972 times and found or apprehended 21 suspects. After retirement, Gus lived out his days with Officer Doherty and his family. He passed away on Nov. 29, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died 11\/29\/24 Handler – Officer Doherty 5 years after \u2018hanging up the collar,\u2019 retired K9 dies peacefully in handler\u2019s care On Saturday, the Overland Park Police Department announced the passing of a former K9 officer.Gus was a Belgian Malinois born in the Netherlands. He joined the OPPD K9 unit in March 2014 and retired in …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[41],"class_list":["post-17125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-ks"],"yoast_head":"\n