Handler – Officer Jerome Morse<\/p>\n
It is with deep sadness that we report the passing of retired NJTPD K9 Buddy. \u2063\u2063K9 Buddy protected the public for 11 faithful years as part of an explosives detection team along with his partner, K9 Officer Jerome Morse. Together the pair conducted daily explosive detection sweeps of NJ TRANSIT stations, facilities, vehicles and all modes of transportation.\u2063\u2063 K9 Buddy ensured the public\u2019s safe travel to hundreds of large-scale events for over a decade. This includes Super Bowl XLVIII, Augadath, a Papal visit and much more. In addition to his service, he quickly became a big part of Officer Morse\u2019s family. Buddy grew up with Officer Morse\u2019s children and his son was only 2 and his daughter was 4 when Buddy came into their home. Buddy was enjoying retirement with the Morse family until he suffered a sudden medical emergency. The entire NJTPD would like to thank K9 Buddy for his faithful years of service to the department and the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Handler – Officer Jerome Morse It is with deep sadness that we report the passing of retired NJTPD K9 Buddy. \u2063\u2063K9 Buddy protected the public for 11 faithful years as part of an explosives detection team along with his partner, K9 Officer Jerome Morse. Together the pair conducted daily explosive detection sweeps of NJ TRANSIT …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-8491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-nj"],"yoast_head":"\n