Handler – Pool<\/p>\n
Retired Metro East K9 officer to be laid to rest Friday<\/p>\n
A retired Metro East K9 officer will be laid to rest Friday afternoon. Jac was born on August 17, 2001 and worked his first shift for the Pontoon Beach Police Department in 2003, where he was handled by Officer Pool. After retiring in 2009, Jac lived with Officer Pool until 2013, when he was adopted by Det. Raymond of the Troy Police Department. Since his health has been deteriorating in recent months, Det. Raymond and Officer Pool decided to lay Jac to rest, but want \u201cto see him walk into the Troy Veterinary Clinic with pride amongst his K9 peers,\u201d according to post by the Troy Police Department. The department will hold a funeral procession for Jac, when he leaves Troy and goes to Belleville with officers and their K9 partners from across the area around 2 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Handler – Pool Retired Metro East K9 officer to be laid to rest Friday A retired Metro East K9 officer will be laid to rest Friday afternoon. Jac was born on August 17, 2001 and worked his first shift for the Pontoon Beach Police Department in 2003, where he was handled by Officer Pool. After …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-1735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-il"],"yoast_head":"\n