Died – 12\/18\/16
\nHandler – Officer Charles Kocanda<\/p>\n
Radio dispatcher makes last call to honor police dog Rachel<\/p>\n
A dispatcher on the Chicago Police Department radio channel used to request K-9 units held the air Sunday morning and asked everyone to stand by. \u201cAll units stand by, Citywide 1,\u201d she said. \u201c7323 canine Rachel.\u201dWhen her handler, Officer Charles Kocanda, heard the dispatcher read out his beat number, he went to reach for his radio, which he didn\u2019t have. Then he heard they were asking for the dog by name. ocanda worked with Rachel for 10 years. She was trained to detect explosives by the Transportation Security Administration and assigned to Chicago. A sudden onset of cancer in her spine left her partially paralyzed, and she was put down Sunday morning. \u201c7323 canine Rachel,\u201d the dispatcher continued. \u201cNo response for canine Rachel.\u201d The dog has protected the president, first lady and foreign dignitaries. She searched fire trucks and St. Rita before the funeral for Chicago firefighter Daniel Capuano, who died in a fire last year. She rode the trains and buses with Kocanda. She knew when it was time to work, and she would wait at the door for Kocanda before each shift. If he had on his dark uniform, she knew she was going to work. If he wore his blue shirt, she knew she was staying home and waited in the window for him. \u201cThis is a final call for Chicago Police Explosives canine Rachel.\u201d The dispatcher read the star number assigned to the dog, similar to a police officer\u2019s badge number. She died exactly one year after searching Capuano\u2019s funeral. \u201cCanine Rachel has faithfully served the Chicago Police Department since June 2006. On December 18, 2016, rest in peace canine Rachel. Correct time is 0911 hours. This is the last call.\u201d \u201c18 December 2016, Citywide 1 radio\u2019s clear.\u201d Other handlers were able to say goodbye to Rachel and she was put down about 15 minutes later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died – 12\/18\/16 Handler – Officer Charles Kocanda Radio dispatcher makes last call to honor police dog Rachel A dispatcher on the Chicago Police Department radio channel used to request K-9 units held the air Sunday morning and asked everyone to stand by. \u201cAll units stand by, Citywide 1,\u201d she said. \u201c7323 canine Rachel.\u201dWhen her …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-2591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-in"],"yoast_head":"\n