Handler – Deputy Chris Kinsey<\/p>\n
Retired York County sheriff \u2018deputy\u2019 Dexx dies. He served 56 \u2018dog years\u2019<\/p>\n
A longtime member of the York County Sheriff\u2019s office, who gave the agency a record length of service if counted in dog years, has died. Dexx, a bloodhound tracking dog that served for eight years as a \u201cdeputy\u201d before being retired last year, died this week, sheriff\u2019s office officials said. Dexx was in the K-9 unit, assigned to Deputy Chris Kinsey. \u201cDexx gave the people of York County a great run of service,\u201d said Trent Faris, spokesman for the sheriff\u2019s office. And by dog years, Dexx served 56 years., Faris said, a long stretch of service by a deputy. Dexx was living with a York County family after retirement from police service. Dexx, a male dog who died at age 12, was used for tracking fleeing suspects, searching for missing persons, conducting drug searches and training other dogs. Dexx is the second retired bloodhound at the sheriff\u2019s office to pass away in the past year. Another dog, Justice, died in November 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Handler – Deputy Chris Kinsey Retired York County sheriff \u2018deputy\u2019 Dexx dies. He served 56 \u2018dog years\u2019 A longtime member of the York County Sheriff\u2019s office, who gave the agency a record length of service if counted in dog years, has died. Dexx, a bloodhound tracking dog that served for eight years as a \u201cdeputy\u201d …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5565,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-5980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-pa"],"yoast_head":"\n