Died – 2\/28\/18
\nHandler – Corporal Mike Sophocles<\/p>\n
Annapolis Police K9 JAGO passes away from bone cancer<\/p>\n
Annapolis Police K9 \u201cJAGO\u201d started with the Annapolis Police Department in February of 2011 and was partnered with Corporal Mike Sophocles. \u201cJAGO\u201d was brought to the department trained as a narcotics detection dog, and once with the department his training was advanced through the in-house training program to include patrol functions (searching for criminal suspects in a variety of search environments, trailing human scent, apprehension of criminal suspects and searching for evidence at crime scenes). Corporal Sophocles and \u201cJAGO\u201d maintained certification to both the Annapolis Police Department\u2019s K9 Training Standards and the standards set forth by the International Police Work Dog Association. While off duty, K9 \u201cJAGO\u201d lived with Corporal Sophocles and his family and was a cherished part of the family, including to Corporal Sophocles\u2019 children. Throughout his career, \u201cJAGO\u201d had many successful deployments while searching for drugs. Notable deployments while searching for criminal suspects include locating a sexual assault suspect shortly after the assault in the city\u2019s downtown area and locating a suspect who had fled from officers on a traffic stop in the city\u2019s Eastport area. During the suspect\u2019s flight, he threw a loaded handgun, which was located by \u201cJAGO\u201d at the beginning of the search and shortly thereafter located the suspect hiding under a residential porch. On February 28, K9 \u201cJAGO\u201d succumbed to complications from a form of bone cancer. Corporal Sophocles and \u201cJAGO\u201d were partners for seven years and more than partners \u201cJAGO\u201d was a part of the Sophocles family. RIP \u201cJAGO\u201d you served Annapolis well. You will be missed by all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died – 2\/28\/18 Handler – Corporal Mike Sophocles Annapolis Police K9 JAGO passes away from bone cancer Annapolis Police K9 \u201cJAGO\u201d started with the Annapolis Police Department in February of 2011 and was partnered with Corporal Mike Sophocles. \u201cJAGO\u201d was brought to the department trained as a narcotics detection dog, and once with the department …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-4731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-md"],"yoast_head":"\n