Died – 11\/22\/18
\nHandler – Lt. Raymond Jones<\/p>\n
Retired state police dog dies<\/p>\n
A retired Massachusetts State Police dog is dead after serving 11 years on the K-9 unit. On the morning of Thanksgiving, Lt. Raymond Jones discovered that his canine partner, Dakar, had passed during the night. Jones and Dakar, the first female Belgian Malinois in the K-9 unit, were paired together in 2006. Jones was able to take her home after she retired in 2017. \u201cShe was one of my best friends and part of my family,\u201d Jones said. \u201cI have a lot to be grateful for but will always regret that I didn\u2019t have more time with her.\u201d Dakar was 13 years old and Jones said she did not have any drawn-out medical issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died – 11\/22\/18 Handler – Lt. Raymond Jones Retired state police dog dies A retired Massachusetts State Police dog is dead after serving 11 years on the K-9 unit. On the morning of Thanksgiving, Lt. Raymond Jones discovered that his canine partner, Dakar, had passed during the night. Jones and Dakar, the first female Belgian …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-6101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-ma"],"yoast_head":"\n