Died 6\/10\/20
\nHandler – Deputy Scott Chambers<\/p>\n
Dragonn, a 14-year-old Belgian malinois, was a dual purpose K9. Dragonn, who worked with sheriff\u2019s deputy Scott Chambers for six years and continued to live with Chambers and his family after retiring in 2016, was put to sleep on June 10. Rocko, who worked with and lived with Greeley officer Kevin Clarey after joining the department in 2015, died over the weekend. \u201cWithout them, I don\u2019t think we\u2019d be successful in a lot of cases,\u201d Chambers said. At 14, Dragonn was considered old for a working dog. Chambers, who called him \u201chard hitting,\u201d said Dragonn had been experiencing some health issues in his back and hips related to age and the \u201cwear and tear of patrol.\u201d Dragonn was replaced by the sheriff\u2019s office upon his retirement and the department currently has six other K-9 at work: Viper, Ringo, Loki, Rok, Kenzi and Dexter (at the jail). Greeley police spokeswoman Officer Rebecca Ries said Rocko, too, had been experiencing some health issues. Rocko retired in January after nearly five years with the department. Ries said Rocko was a patrol dog in California for about a year before ending up in Greeley. \u201cHe was an exceptional K-9, and when working patrol, he did it 100%,\u201d Ries said. \u201cHe helped out our K-9 unit tremendously. He will absolutely be missed.\u201d Both Rocko and Dragonn were dual-purpose dogs for their agencies, meaning they worked narcotics and performed searches, tracking and apprehension. Chambers said he recalled an incident about seven years ago in the search for a juvenile that ended successfully because of Dragonn. Deputies tracked the juvenile to Bella Romero, and once there a tip helped the officers and dog continue the search. \u201cSeeing us utilizing canines and they gave us more (information),\u201d Chambers said. \u201cPeople love animals and love watching the dogs. I was pretty proud of him that day.\u201d Dragonn joined the sheriff\u2019s office when he was about 3 1 \/2 years old, and Chambers said one of the reasons the department picked the dog was for his \u201clight switch personality.\u201d Dragonn, a very sociable and calm dog, knew it was time to go to work when Chambers pulled out his own uniform at home. \u201cHe would get excited,\u201d Chambers said. \u201cHe do laps around the couch. We did a lot of demonstrations for the public throughout his career and children loved him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died 6\/10\/20 Handler – Deputy Scott Chambers Dragonn, a 14-year-old Belgian malinois, was a dual purpose K9. Dragonn, who worked with sheriff\u2019s deputy Scott Chambers for six years and continued to live with Chambers and his family after retiring in 2016, was put to sleep on June 10. Rocko, who worked with and lived with …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-8588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-co"],"yoast_head":"\n