Died 5\/30\/18
\nHandler – Deputy Chris Smith<\/p>\n
Boone County Sheriff’s Department mourns loss of K9 unit<\/p>\n
The Boone County Sheriff\u2019s Department lost a German shepherd, Baron, during a training exercise Wednesday. Baron, who was 8 years old, \u201cunexpectedly collapsed\u201d and died during the exercise, according to the Boone County Fire Protection District\u2019s twitter account. The Sheriff\u2019s Department is unsure exactly how he died, and they \u201cmight run some tests\u201d to find out, Detective Tom O\u2019Sullivan said Thursday. Baron was both a narcotics and a patrol dog. Patrol dogs do things like tracking, apprehensions, building searches and article detection. Baron had served with the department since 2012, working with his trainer and handler, Deputy Chris Smith. According to the news release, Baron had a successful career in which he helped capture fleeing suspects and assisted in numerous drug arrests. \u201cHe really loved to work,\u201d said Lt. Phil Smith, Chris Smith\u2019s supervisor. \u201cHe was an excellent police dog.\u201d He also said Baron was very social and loved to be petted and to play with people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died 5\/30\/18 Handler – Deputy Chris Smith Boone County Sheriff’s Department mourns loss of K9 unit The Boone County Sheriff\u2019s Department lost a German shepherd, Baron, during a training exercise Wednesday. Baron, who was 8 years old, \u201cunexpectedly collapsed\u201d and died during the exercise, according to the Boone County Fire Protection District\u2019s twitter account. The …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-5213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-mo"],"yoast_head":"\n