Died 2\/2\/19
\nHandler – Officer Rob Smith<\/p>\n
Beloved Troy police K-9 dies<\/p>\n
The City of Troy PBA is mourning the loss of retired police canine Aron. K9 Aron passed away peacefully on Saturday February 2nd 2019. K9 Aron began his career in September, 2007 with Officer Rob Smith, attending basic patrol\/tracking school and explosive detection school with Onondaga County Sheriff\u2019s Office and the Syracuse Police Department. K9 Aron has served the city faithfully for 10 years. K9 Aron has been an essential part of the department assisting with numerous explosive searches and sweeps, tracking missing and wanted persons, apprehending suspects and protecting his partner \u2013 Officer R. Smith. Not only was this K9 team essential to our department but they provided K9 support to neighboring jurisdictions as well.
\nSome highlights include:
\nAssisting with the dignitary protection and explosive sweeps for President Trump at the TU center in 2016. Following the terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon in 2014, Boston Police Department requested numerous resources from around the region to assist in the explosive sweeps for the 2015 marathon; and K9 Aron answered that call. In 2010 our K9 team assisted the FBI JTTF out of Albany with a complex domestic terrorism case, and again K9 Aron\u2019s service was without hesitation. September 2009 brought President Obama to HVCC, and K9 Aron and Officer Smith coordinated with multiple federal and local agencies to provide a safe trip for the President of the United States of America.
\nK9 Aron was responsible for apprehending nearly 100 violent offenders over his career. One in particular, K9 Aron responded to the call without hesitation and once again proved his strong bond with his partner. Patrol officers responded to South Troy for the report of a male with a handgun, when officers got on scene this male fled on foot. K9 Aron responded to the call and quickly joined the pursuit, ultimately chasing the suspect to keep his partner and other officer\u2019s safe as the suspect was still running with the handgun. K9 Aron cornered and apprehended the suspect in an alleyway bringing a very dangerous and volatile situation under control. The suspect finally succumbed to officers commands and was taken into custody. Without K9 Aron one can only imagine what the outcome may have been.
\nK9 Aron also loves to show his abilities to community groups and students during the numerous demonstrations he conducted throughout his career. K9 Aron\u2019s signature move was to find the person in the group who wasn\u2019t paying enough attention to him and lean his entire body weight into their legs and wait for them to pet him! Police K9\u2019s give all they have every day, without a paycheck striving for praise and to please their human partners. K9\u2019s and their handlers spend a lot of time together both working and training.The bond developed is inexpressible. After his retirement in 2017, K9 Aron lived out his remaining years enjoying life at home with his handler Robert Smith.
\nAs K9 Aron crosses over the rainbow bridge he will be greatly missed by his family and members of the Troy PBA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died 2\/2\/19 Handler – Officer Rob Smith Beloved Troy police K-9 dies The City of Troy PBA is mourning the loss of retired police canine Aron. K9 Aron passed away peacefully on Saturday February 2nd 2019. K9 Aron began his career in September, 2007 with Officer Rob Smith, attending basic patrol\/tracking school and explosive detection …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[64],"class_list":["post-6490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-ny"],"yoast_head":"\n