Died – 7\/24\/15<\/p>\n
Procession honors retired K-9<\/p>\n
A sea of blue and red lights could be seen in Lafayette Monday night in honor of an officer who served Tippecanoe County for nearly 9 years. His name was Arko and he was an 11-year-old Belgian Malinois. He served alongside his handler, Tippecanoe County Dep. Donald Miller. Arko was a part of countless drug arrests and criminal apprehensions. Correction officer Jim Knogge, who has had two K- 9s of his own, said the procession of police cars is an emotional way to pay respects and show support. \u201cA lot of happy moments come flooding back into your memory, to the point where you\u2019re overcome with emotion. Just to see the amount of backing and the lighting that is involved with this \u2014 it\u2019s just amazing,\u201d said Knogge. A tumor on Arko\u2019s pancreas affected his blood sugar and he died at the Purdue Small Animal Hospital Friday morning. Another retired K-9, West Lafayette\u2019s Kay, died earlier this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died – 7\/24\/15 Procession honors retired K-9 A sea of blue and red lights could be seen in Lafayette Monday night in honor of an officer who served Tippecanoe County for nearly 9 years. His name was Arko and he was an 11-year-old Belgian Malinois. He served alongside his handler, Tippecanoe County Dep. Donald Miller. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-in"],"yoast_head":"\n