Died – May 2014
\nHandler – Officer Aaron Blackledge<\/p>\n
K9 Ruch came to the Redmond Police Department in August, 2010 through the generous efforts of donations received through the Redmond Friends of K9. K9 Ruch was partnered with Officer Aaron Blackledge. In October of 2013, at the age of 5 years, K9 Ruch had to have surgery to remove his spleen, which had twisted. K9 Ruch appeared to have made a full recovery and returned to work shortly after surgery. In May of 2014, K9 Ruch was found deceased in his kennel at Officer Blackledge\u2019s residence. It was determined that sometime over the night K9 Ruch died of Torsion (Twisting of the stomach).In K9 Ruch\u2019s career with the Redmond Police Department he had 239 Deployments and was responsible for 42 Apprehensions. K9 Ruch located 13 articles and participated in 18 Community Demonstrations throughout Central Oregon. K9 Ruch was a beloved partner and family member. He will be missed greatly within the community and especially to the family of Officer Blackledge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died – May 2014 Handler – Officer Aaron Blackledge K9 Ruch came to the Redmond Police Department in August, 2010 through the generous efforts of donations received through the Redmond Friends of K9. K9 Ruch was partnered with Officer Aaron Blackledge. In October of 2013, at the age of 5 years, K9 Ruch had to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-6514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-or"],"yoast_head":"\n