Died – 9\/28\/15
\n1st Handler – Officer Tom Hendrickson
\n2nd Handler – Officer Brian Williams
\n3rd Handler – Officer Brian Boyd<\/p>\n
Hampton police mourning loss of K-9 Falko<\/p>\n
Hampton Police Division is mourning the loss of one of their four-legged companions. Falko II, a K-9 German shepherd for Hampton police, passed away on Monday. “He was by far one of the very best tracking dogs the city has ever had, racking up numerous felony and misdemeanor apprehensions,” said Master K-9 Handler Tom Hendrickson. Falko began his career training under Hendrickson, working with him for nine months. He later worked the evening shift in Chesapeake for eight months with Police Officer Brian Williams before spending the rest of his career with Master Police Officer Brian Boyd. Boyd worked with Falko for six years before the dog retired. Boyd then adopted him. Falko compiled hundreds of narcotic finds, vehicle searches, parcel scans, school searches and search warrants, Hendrickson said.”This dog came out of the truck each and every time with an air of complete confidence and a will do attitude,” Hendrickson said. “They say the attitude usually runs down leash from the handler to the dog. In Falko\u2019s case it was oftentimes reversed.” Falko was 10 years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died – 9\/28\/15 1st Handler – Officer Tom Hendrickson 2nd Handler – Officer Brian Williams 3rd Handler – Officer Brian Boyd Hampton police mourning loss of K-9 Falko Hampton Police Division is mourning the loss of one of their four-legged companions. Falko II, a K-9 German shepherd for Hampton police, passed away on Monday. “He …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-va"],"yoast_head":"\n