Died – 12\/10\/16
\nHandler – Sergeant Joe Chase<\/p>\n
Salem PD bids farewell to Adam, K9 officer<\/p>\n
\u201cAdam always came through, whenever somebody couldn\u2019t find something he\u2019d take us right to it,\u201d said Sergeant Joe Chase, Adam\u2019s partner and handler. \u201cHe\u2019d just gotten a heroin dealer last week. That was par for the course with Adam.\u201d Chase estimated Adam had been involved in close to 1,000 arrests during his time with the department. Adam was also a fixture among youth in the community, having participated every year in Serendipity at the Salem Upper Elementary, reading programs at William Lynch Elementary and community events such as Red Ribbon week. \u201cAdam belonged to the community, I just took care of him,\u201d Chase concluded. Among those present for Adam\u2019s burial were Salem Chief of Police Keith Steelman, sheriff Rick Stallings, as well as members of the Salem Police Department, Dent County Sheriff\u2019s Office, highway patrol, emergency responders with Salem Memorial District Hospital and officials from Boulder Creek Performance K9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died – 12\/10\/16 Handler – Sergeant Joe Chase Salem PD bids farewell to Adam, K9 officer \u201cAdam always came through, whenever somebody couldn\u2019t find something he\u2019d take us right to it,\u201d said Sergeant Joe Chase, Adam\u2019s partner and handler. \u201cHe\u2019d just gotten a heroin dealer last week. That was par for the course with Adam.\u201d …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-2568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-mo"],"yoast_head":"\n