Died – 2\/23\/18<\/p>\n
Blacksburg Police Department’s first K9 dies<\/p>\n
The Blacksburg Police Department has lost a loyal member who helped officers during investigations. Chesty joined the force in 2007. He was the department’s first K9 and worked with two officers who were his handlers before he retired in 2014. He spent the last three years of his life with an officer and his family. He was 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died – 2\/23\/18 Blacksburg Police Department’s first K9 dies The Blacksburg Police Department has lost a loyal member who helped officers during investigations. Chesty joined the force in 2007. He was the department’s first K9 and worked with two officers who were his handlers before he retired in 2014. He spent the last three years …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-4715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-va"],"yoast_head":"\n