Died 3\/15\/19
\nHandler – Trooper Dan Erickson<\/p>\n
Officers salute as East Moline ISP K-9 is put down<\/p>\n
The Illinois State Police District 7 post in East Moline said goodbye to one of its retired K-9 officers on Friday. \u201cIt was a sad day today,\u201d the ISP office said, explaining that Cain the dog, 16, had to be put down because of failing health. Cain served from June 2007 to November 2013 next to his handler, Trooper Dan Erickson. Cain was responsible for detecting over 40 kilograms of cocaine, hundreds of pounds of cannabis, multiple detections of heroin, meth, and cocaine. \u201cIt is always hard when you lose your best friend. It is something different when you lose a partner that was there to protect and serve next to you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died 3\/15\/19 Handler – Trooper Dan Erickson Officers salute as East Moline ISP K-9 is put down The Illinois State Police District 7 post in East Moline said goodbye to one of its retired K-9 officers on Friday. \u201cIt was a sad day today,\u201d the ISP office said, explaining that Cain the dog, 16, had …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-6727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-il"],"yoast_head":"\n