Died 3\/25\/20
\nHandler – Officer Bryan Schaffer<\/p>\n
Beloved police K-9 Faust passes away following life dedicated to others, procession held at Clay Chalkville Animal Clinic<\/p>\n
It is with a heavy heart that we report the passing of K-9 Faust, a decorated German Shepherd who served on the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Police Department for eight years, before retiring three years ago into the care of his handler, Bryan Schaffer.Faust passed away of natural cases at his home on March 25. He was 13. \u201cMy heart has broken,\u201d Schaffer said. \u201cMy best friend and retired K-9 Faust just passed away. He was a true gift from God.\u201d The beloved canine was transported by a multi-agency police procession to the Clay Chalkville Animal Clinic for a private ceremony. \u201cMy sincere thanks and appreciation to the Jefferson County Sheriff\u2019s Department, Justin Howard of the Birmingham Police Department, Jon Faust of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Police, Ashley Nichole Branaman, Scott Singer and Dr Charles Hart, Dr Hugh Washington and the entire staff of Clay-Chalkville Animal Clinic for going above and beyond in honoring K-9 Faust this morning,\u201d Schaffer posted on Facebook. \u201cHe deserved every bit of it.\u201d Faust worked in explosives detection and patrol departments throughout his eight-year career. During his time in service, Faust won multiple awards. He retired on March 3, 2017, and was sent off into retirement following a police dispatch as Schaffer and Faust shared a final moment as co-workers inside their patrol vehicle. \u201cK9 partner Faust has completed his last shift after serving as an explosive detection and police service canine for eight years and one day,\u201d the radio dispatcher said. \u201cHe is now officially retired. Faust, thank you for your service. We wish you a long and healthy retirement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died 3\/25\/20 Handler – Officer Bryan Schaffer Beloved police K-9 Faust passes away following life dedicated to others, procession held at Clay Chalkville Animal Clinic It is with a heavy heart that we report the passing of K-9 Faust, a decorated German Shepherd who served on the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Police Department …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial"],"yoast_head":"\n