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"ROBBY's" Memorial Service
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June 24th, 2001
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In
Loving Memory of
K-9 RANGER
1992 - Oct. 30, 2001
1994
active duty - retired Feb. 2, 1998
Handler:
Officer Lynn
Morrow
Eden Prairie Police Department
Eden
Prairie Public Safety Services
Stephanie Rogers
8080 Mitchell Road
Eden Prairie, MN 55344 PH
(952)937-2700
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RECALLING RANGER: Retired K-9 passes away
For five years, kids in Eden Prairie Schools would
get excited when Eden Prairie Police K-9 Ranger
would come. Oh, yeah, Ranger didn't come by himself.
Officer Lynn Garry, now Morrow, came along with the
deal, too. "Kids who saw me without him would
recognize me and say, 'I know you. You came with
Ranger,'" she said Monday. Ranger hasn't been in
local schools since 1998, when he retired from the
police force. Morrow moved on to other duties.
Today, she is an investigator and liaison officer at
Eden Prairie High School. Last week, one of her
duties was to say goodbye to Ranger before he died
of cardiac arrest. Ranger was nine years old. Ranger
had a malignant tumor a month ago, explained Morrow.
It was removed in surgery, but the aggressive form
of cancer still spread. Although he was sick,
Ranger's death wasn't expected when it came Oct. 30.
Despite the events of that hard day, Morrow said,
"I'm glad I didn't have to make the decision about
whether or not to put him down. "He would have given
his life for me," she added. "I didn't want to make
the decision of his life." On the force, Morrow and
Ranger started out together in 1994. From the start,
Ranger was a standout, graduating as top dog in his
St. Paul Police training class. Ranger lived with
Morrow, just as other Eden Prairie K-9 partners do
with their officers. Ranger originally came from
Holland, not even one year old when he first started
the training process. "He was a little bit younger
than other K-9s," Morrow said. "He had a lot of
puppy energy." Three months of intense training at
the St. Paul Police Department canine facility,
though, turned Ranger into a great partner for
Morrow. "It's a lot of work," she admitted, "but
it's really rewarding. It's amazing how well-trained
and knowledgeable those dogs can get." By the end of
training, the two were true partners. "If I was
crabby, he knew it," Morrow explained. "If I was
scared, he knew it." When Ranger and Morrow would
take off for an Eden Prairie school to do a
demonstration, she explained they would show the
kids his obedience training as well as an example of
how he could track down narcotics. Back at the
station, Morrow said Ranger would often hang out
while she would fill out reports. Usually, someone
at the police department could be persuaded to play
tug-of-war or catch with Ranger. He was so at home
at EPPD that "he would sit in on roll call with me,"
Morrow said. Described as a "super social" dog,
Ranger would quickly become a hard worker when it
was crunch time. "There were cases I was on where I
know if he was not barking, I would have had a
problem," Morrow said. Besides performing well on
the job, Ranger did well at regional and national
competitions. In 1995, Ranger placed third in
obedience in his region and 15th overall at
nationals. The next year, Morrow's canine partner
placed third in article search in the region.
In1997, he was four overall in the region and 24th
at nationals. Perhaps even more impressive is the
fact that Ranger placed in the top five in narcotics
each year of certification. Morrow explained that
canines have to be certified every year, both to
preserve public safety and ensure continued agility,
obedience, and tracking ability. Throughout the
entire time with Ranger, she talked about how
amazing it is to see what dogs can do out in the
field. "Canines are great tools for the department,"
Morrow said. For a little while longer, the Morrow
household still has a police canine in the family.
Husband Jim handles Jet for the EPPD. Jet is set to
retire sometime next year. "I think Jet really
misses him," Morrow said.
Kathy
Nelson
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In Loving
Memory of
K-9 REGGIE
Sept. 16, 1991 - 2001
Partner: Officer Jay A. Johnson
Greenfield Police Dept.
5300 W. Layton Ave.
Greenfield, WI 53220
414.761-5300
K-9 Reggie began his career with the
Greenfield Police Department in 1993. He
very quickly established himself as an
excellent canine, successfully tracking
suspects and evidence as well as receiving
numerous awards at the Police and Fire
Games.
Tumors were found in August of 2001. Reggie
is buried at the Greenfield Police
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In
Loving Memory of
K-9
ROBBIE
DOB: January
1999 - DOD: October 15,
2001
Handler: Sgt.
Jeff White
B.I.A. Law
Enforcement Services,
P.O.
Box 309
New Town, ND 58763-0309
701.627.3314
"He was my partner, my best friend."Robbie dies in
fire
Fort
Berthold Drug Dog to be honored New Town, Local law
enforcement and Bureau of Indian Affairs . Police dog
handlers from other reservations will gather in New Town
today to pay tribute to Robbie, A Fort Berthold Drug &
patrol dog who died earlier this week. The funeral service
for the fallen K-9 officer Robbie, will begin at 10 AM in
the New Town Civic Center, Elbo Woods Works of New Town is
making a casket for Robbie. Robbie died in a fire at his
handler Jeff White's home near Parshall Tuesday. The
incident is under investigation. White is an officer for the
Fort Berthold Bureau of Indian Affairs Law Enforcement
Department and has been Robbie's handler since the Fort
Berhold agency added a K-9 unit about a year and a half ago.
Robbie, 3 yr. old Belgium Malinois was a multi-purpose dog,
but mainly worked drugs and patrol. He lived and worked with
White. White & Robbie worked locally, but also went on a
number of special assignments for the BIA. Through his
career, Robbie was responsible for numerous drug arrests
from Indiana to Wyoming. He was also used in 3 Special
Response Team Deployments, one in Nevada and 2 in Wyoming.
White and Robbie were also sent to a search and rescue
operation in South Dakota. He was a very friendly dog and
was in demand by several law enforcement agencies in his
home area. His services were also requested by all the local
schools where he performed locker and area searches. The
Fort Berthold BIA Law Enforcement established the K-9 unit
because people in the local communities had concerns about
drug problems, former BIA Police Chief Elmer Four Dance said
in an interview last October. Robbie was the main reason we
made a lot of drug arrests. He found a lot of drugs we would
not have found. Robbie who was born in the Netherlands,
follows commands in Dutch. White learned the commands at a 5
week training school for dogs and handlers in Indiana.
Robbie was the only police dog service the Fort Berthold
Reservation. He was buried today at the Gerald White's
residence near White Shield.
In
Loving Memory of
K-9 ROCCO
May 27, 2001
Handler:
Officer Ernest Wolosewicz
Long Beach Police
Department
100
Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, CA
90802,
ph: 562 570-7260
On Monday, May 14th, 2001, at approximately 7 p.m., Long
Beach Police Officer Ernest Wolosewicz and his K-9 partner
Rocco, a 2 1/2-year-old Dutch Shepard, responded to a
possible intruder call at the Latin American Museum of Art,
628 Alamitos Avenue. Rocco discovered an open roof access
door and continued his search. From the building's roof,
Rocco attempted to jump onto an awning. The awning gave way
and Rocco fell hitting his back against a railing. On
Wednesday, May 16th, Rocco was put down after it was
discovered that he broke back and he would be permanently
paralyzed.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR TWO POLICE K-9'S
The
Long Beach Police Department is saddened to announce the
Memorial Services for two of the Department's Patrol K-9's.
On May 14, 2001, Rocco, with only three months on the job,
was critically injured after a fall during a burglary
investigation and was euthanized on May 16, 2001. On May
19, 2001, the second K-9, Axel, died at home from a sudden
intestinal problem. The Memorial Services for both dogs
will be held on Thursday, May 31, 2001, at 3:00 p.m., at the
Long Beach Police Academy, 7290 East Carson Street, Long
Beach. The Long Beach K-9 Officer's Association will be
raising funds to replace the much needed service dogs.
Tax-deductible contributions can be sent to the association
at P.O Box 17366, Long Beach, CA 90807. For further
information, please contact the Long Beach Police K-9 Detail
at (562) 570-5971.
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Axel
and Rocco, two beloved Long Beach police dogs who died in
the same week, were memorialized Thursday afternoon before a
crowd of officers, canines and other mourners gathered at
the Long Beach Police Academy. Panting in the hot sun, about
20 police dogs from Long Beach, Orange County and as far
away as Pismo Beach sat on mats flanking their officer
partners and rows of seated spectators at the service. The
animals marked the close of the service with a symphony of
loud barking, tugging at their leads as the 21-gun salute
commenced. "I think they want to go chase bad guys," a boy
whispered to himself toward the memorial's end. "Some
people think an animal is just an animal," observed Debbie
Lim, 40, her infant nephew asleep in her arms. "But when
they serve us, these dogs become a part of the family." Lim
works at a fast-food restaurant frequented by many of the
K-9 officers. Because dogs are not known for long attention
spans, the double funeral was brief, opening with a Police
Department color guard and drummer and including remarks
from the department chaplain and the playing of taps. "It
was wonderful, very respectful," said Clarice Mooney, widow
of Bill Mooney, the Long Beach police chief who started the
canine unit in the city 23 years ago. The funeral was held
near the special cemetery the department and its formidable
citizen support group maintain for 30 departed police dogs.
Each deceased service dog has a headstone, in which its
cremated remains are entombed should the cemetery need to be
moved. That has already happened once, when the Police
Academy had to move to make way for the Towne Center
shopping complex off the southbound San Gabriel River
Freeway. Rocco and Axel will be laid to rest at the
cemetery, where each headstone features a photograph of the
dog and its handler. The headstones surround a lawn beside
the department's kennels, where the dogs stay while their
handlers receive training. On the night of May 14, Rocco
was pursuing a possible burglar at the Museum of Latin
American Art. A 2 1/2-year-old Dutch shepherd whose
specialty was tracking people by scent, Rocco followed a
trail onto the roof. He leaped onto an aluminum awning which
collapsed. Then he struck a railing, which broke his back
and left him paralyzed. He was euthanized two days later.
Three days later, Axel, a 7-year-old German shepherd, was
found dead in the garden of Cpl. Greg Manis, his partner of
four years. A veterinarian later determined that Axel had a
rare but lethal intestinal disorder. "My youngest [son]
decided to name his tadpole Axel," Manis said, "so his name
will live on." Rocco's death marked only the third time a
Long Beach police dog has died in the line of duty. To lose
two police dogs in the same year, much less in the same
week, is rare. "It hit us pretty hard," said Officer
Richard Lubchenko, who brought his dog, Jaro, along for the
funeral but, because of the withering heat, "tossed him back
in the air-conditioned car with a bowl of water." Along with
a large police presence, there were a sizable number of
people who just love dogs and felt the loss of the pair. In
what is already a dog-loving town, there is a citizens group
called the Long Beach K-9 Officers Assn., which hosted a
reception after the funeral.
By
NANCY WRIDE, Times Staff Writer
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Memorials
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