Died – 6\/27\/20
\nHandler – Officer Craig Curry <\/p>\n
Maricopa Police K-9 heat death investigated<\/p>\n
Police are investigating after a K-9 with the Maricopa Police Department died from a heat-related incident. Ike, who had been with the department for almost 11 years, died early Saturday morning after the heat-related incident on Friday. Maricopa Police Chief Steve Stahl said in a video Monday that he is asking the Arizona Department of Public Safety to help investigate Ike’s death, \u201cfor transparency and accountability purposes.\u201d Stahl said he cannot release more details at this time. Neither Maricopa Police or DPS would elaborate on what exactly the \u201cheat-related incident\u201d was that Ike went through.The family confirmed to 12 News Ike was handled by Officer Craig Curry. According to the department\u2019s website, Officer Curry and Ike were one of two K-9 units on the force. The Belgian Malinois was trained in apprehension and narcotics detection. \u201cThis loss impacts all greatly,\u201d Stahl said. Because Ike died in service, there will be a memorial service, which will come at a later date because of the COVID-19 pandemic. \u201cIt\u2019s a different bond that many people can\u2019t explain,\u201d Jessie Keller, a K-9 handler said. Keller worked active duty in the Air Force for several years alongside a K-9. She describes how the K-9\u2019s sense of spell, among their other heightened senses, make them instrumental in military and law enforcement work. Adding the situations they work in can be dangerous. \u201cTo be able to put your trust into something that you can\u2019t have a conversation with is something incredible. And to say this dog is going out here to save everyone\u2019s lives,\u201d Keller said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died – 6\/27\/20 Handler – Officer Craig Curry Maricopa Police K-9 heat death investigated Police are investigating after a K-9 with the Maricopa Police Department died from a heat-related incident. Ike, who had been with the department for almost 11 years, died early Saturday morning after the heat-related incident on Friday. Maricopa Police Chief Steve …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-8848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-az"],"yoast_head":"\n