In Loving Memory of
K9 MAX
December 16, 2010
Handler: Officer Jeff Baird
Quincy Police Department
Canine Max passes from cancer
Quincy Police canine unit dog Max died
of cancer Thursday night after serving
the department for more than eight
years. The Belgian Malenois served under
two handlers and was a valuable member
of QPD's Street Crimes Unit. Max had
problems breathing during routine
training a week ago with handler and
canine officer Jeff Baird, and he was
diagnosed two days later with advanced
forms of cancer. "Max was a warrior. He
was just fearless," Baird said Friday.
"He was a dog's dog. He was like a
package of TNT, a big punch in a small
size.
He went all out with everything all the
time, 120 percent." Baird and canine
Jake were a well-known QPD team for nine
years until Jake retired in 2004. Baird
was a detective but went back to the
canine unit and working street crimes
when Max needed a new handler two years
ago. "The way I describe the differences
between Jake and Max is that with Jake,
he wanted to be your friend but would
bite you if I told him to," Baird said.
"But with Max, he wanted to bite you
unless I told him to be your friend."
Together with Baird and fellow Street
Crimes officers Kevin Taute and Mike
Tyler, Max participated in 201 traffic
stop drug sniffs, resulting in 58
arrests. Baird remembers one night when
two burglary suspects were in a building
and tried to leave from the side where
he and Max were standing. "Max already
had a reputation on the street when I
got him," Baird said. "When the two
burglars came out, the fear was obvious
and they immediately complied with me to
stop and get on the ground .
It was definitely because of the dog,
because the two young men could have
outrun me, for sure." Quincy Police
Chief Rob Copley said Max will be
missed. The department plans to get
another dog with a new handler, as Baird
says it's time for a younger officer to
get an opportunity. Canine officer Adam
Gibson and Uno make up QPD's other
canine unit.
"It was an honor
to serve in that capacity again. I never
expected to do canine again after Jake
retired," Baird said. "It was a great
experience, and we had some fun out
there."
submitted by
Jim Cortina, Dir. CPWDA
In Loving Memory of
K9 MILES
June 28, 2010
Handler: LARRY CABELL
Ewing Police Department
2 Jake Garzio Drive
Ewing NJ 08628
609-882-1313
WEBSITE -
http://ewingpolice.com/index.htm
Miles, a German Shepherd dog, was eighteen
(18) months old when he met Ptl. Larry
Cabell in March of 2005. Ptl. Cabell was to
be his handler. They attended the Patrol Dog
School at the Trenton Police K-9 Academy and
the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) Scent
Class for Explosives. In 2007, Miles
and Ptl. Cabell participated in the United
States Police Canine Association Trials in
Scent and was certified. Miles and Ptl.
Cabell have assisted in sweeps for the NCAA
Tournament at the Sovereign Bank Arena,
Freedom Fest at Great Adventure. They were
members of the New Jersey Detect and Render
Safe Task Force.They trained in a many
different areas and environments such as
boats, trains, aircraft, and even at the
Statue of Liberty in New York City.
K-9
Miles faithfully served our community from
2005 to 2010.
On June 28, 2010, Miles lost a battle with
cancer. He is the first canine that Ewing
has lost. He was a great asset to the
Unit. K-9 Miles is credited with several
successful tracks resulting in the
apprehension of criminals and finding
several missing people. K-9 Miles
successfully cleared numerous buildings
while searching for explosives and
trespassers. K-9 Miles is also credited
with many "surrenders" (searches in which a
the dog finds someone and the actor
surrenders before force was used). Miles
will be greatly missed. submitted by
Jim Cortina, Dir. CPWDA
In Loving Memory of
K9 MIK
November 2, 2010
Handler: Deputy Don Boone
CCSO:
Clackamas County Sheriff's Office mourns passing
of K-9 Mik.
The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office is
saddened to report the passing of one of its K-9
deputies -- a marvelous K-9 who fought crime on
both the street and the printed page. Mik
(pronounced "Mick") -- a Belgian Malanois born
in April 2003, and the partner of Clackamas
County Sheriff's Office Deputy Don Boone --
passed away Tuesday, Nov. 2 from complications
caused by a case of bloat.
Bloat is a serious medical condition in which
the stomach twists on itself, shutting off blood
flow and causing severe swelling. Mik had
developed symptoms on Monday, Nov. 1, and was
rushed to an animal hospital where he underwent
emergency surgery. Unfortunately, he was unable
to recover from his injuries. "Anyone who has
ever had a pet can empathize with the loss of
such a close friend," wrote Deputy Paul Coleman
in a message sent to Sheriff's Office personnel
yesterday. "I know Mik will be missed by many
more than just his handler.
Don and Mik had worked very hard together to
become the highly tuned and productive team that
they were. Together, they were responsible for
finding many bad guys who would have otherwise
gotten away -- and in the process, they made
things safer for not only the community, but for
us deputies, as well."
"I suspect Mik is in doggy heaven now --
catching bad guys to his heart's content." Mik
was raised as a sporting dog in Holland, and was
chosen and purchased by the Clackamas County
Sheriff's Office in November 2006.
He went through a 240-hour K9 training course in
the winter of 2007. Mik's job was to ride in
Deputy Boone's patrol car. When a suspect tried
to escape or hide from the police, Mik was
summoned and used to sniff out the bad guy. On
his days off, Mik liked to lie in the backyard,
play with his favorite toy and savored all the
affection provided from Deputy Boone's kids. Mik
was very playful and loved attention. Late in
life, Mik was also enjoying an unusual second
career as a comic-book character -- in a series
of crime-prevention comics and activity books
published in print and online by the Clackamas
County Sheriff's Office.
MORE:
Meet
the late K9 Mik
Mik is a
5-year-old Belgian Malinois, born in April 2003.
He was raised as a sporting dog in Holland.
From the time he was a puppy, Mik learned about
obedience and trained for competition in the
KNPV Trials -- the famous Dutch police-dog
trials. During those trials, Mik competed
against other dogs in obedience, pursuit of
suspects, gunfire exercises, and bitework.
During the trials, he also swam across streams
to engage suspects and found suspects hiding in
the woods. After a couple of years of training,
Mik was purchased by Adlerhorst International,
and imported to Riverside, CA in the United
States to begin his training as a police dog.
Mik was chosen by the Clackamas County Sheriff's
Office in November of 2006 and purchased for
$9,500 dollars. Once at his new home in Oregon
City with Deputy Don Boone, Mik attended a
240-hour basic K9 training course in which he
learned how to be a police dog.Mik's
job at work is to ride in Deputy Boone's patrol
car. When a suspect tries to escape or hide from
the police, Mik is summoned and used to sniff
out the bad guy. On his days off, Mik likes to
lie in the backyard, play with his favorite toy
and get pets from Deputy Boone's kids. Mik is
very playful and loves attention. Although he
enjoys his time off, his favorite place is in
the back of the patrol car -- rolling around
Clackamas County, watching for and barking at
bad guys.
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submitted by Jim Cortina, Dir. CPWDA
In Loving Memory of
K9 MAGIC
October 27, 2010
Handler: Officer Steve Black
Tyler Police Department
711 W Ferguson St, Tyler, TX
(903) 531-1015
TYLER, TX - The Tyler
Police Department will hold
a Memorial Service in front
of the police department
today Thursday, October 28,
2010 at 3:00 p.m. in Honor
of Magic. Magic, who died
due to kidney failure last
week, was one of the
department's two black
Labrador K-9 dogs. Magic was
with the police department
from 2001 to 2010 and did an
outstanding job in detecting
drugs for the Narcotics
Unit. The handler and
partner for Magic was
Officer Steve Black who was
the second handler in
Magic's prestigious career
with the department.
submitted by Jim
Cortina, Dir. CPWDA
In Loving Memory of
K9 MICKEY
August, 2010
Handler: Dave Plummer
Olathe Fire Department
400 East Harold Street
Olathe, KS 66061
Mickey, fire department’s first explosives dog,
dies -
Dave Plummer and Mickey
worked together from 1999 to 2003.
Mickey was one of those unsung fire heroes
who put his life on the line every day in
the name of public safety. For almost four
years he was a loyal, hard-working member of
the Olathe Fire Department, retiring in
2003. But Mickey didn’t get a pension or a
gold watch when he retired. He was a public
servant who walked on four legs instead of
two. Mickey was a black Labrador retriever
who was trained to sniff out explosives. He
retired at the same time as his handler,
Dave Plummer, 58, of De Soto.
Earlier this month, Mickey passed away and
his death was especially hard on Plummer and
his wife. That’s because Mickey, who was
born and trained in the Netherlands and
Oklahoma, was much more than a pet. He was
Plummer’s partner. “I’ve had pets since I
was about seven or eight years old and you
get attached to them,” Plummer said. “But
this is more. There’s a bond with a handler
that’s hard to explain. All I had to do was
look at him and I knew exactly what he
wanted. He was my partner.” Plummer trained
with Mickey for two weeks when the dog first
arrived in Olathe.
“He knew what he was doing. I just didn’t
know what I was doing,” Plummer said. During
the time they worked for the fire
department, they were together daily. Mickey
was also the first dog to work for the
department and paved the way for the two
dogs the department currently has on staff.
Making Mickey part of the fire department
wasn’t an easy sell in 1999. “The chief was
a little bit hesitant but the ATF came in
and helped with a good presentation and that
put it over the top,” Plummer said,
referring to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives.
“We used him all the time on suspicious
packages or schools would call us when they
would get a threat,” Plummer said. “We would
run lockers. He was really fast on that.”
His nose was also needed on Sept. 11, 2001,
to check cars for possible explosives at the
FAA center in Olathe.
“He searched 80 cars that day,” Plummer
said. “We worked for about three days.” In
another incident, he found the residue of an
explosive at a hotel. He also found
gunpowder once in a briefcase and alerted
Olathe police. When Mickey retired, Plummer
got a plaque with the dog’s badge on it. It
now sits on Plummer’s mantel.
submitted by Jim Cortina, Dir. CPWDA
In Loving Memory of
K9 MISTRAL
February 2010
Handler: Joseph Rosenau
Cook County Sheriff' Office
50 W. Washington
Chicago, Illinois 60602
(312) 603-6444
Please help with more information...
(loulou5858@Comcast. net)
In Loving Memory of
K9 MICA
July 21, 2010
date of
service 12-2006- 07-2010
She was a patrol narcotics dog.
Handler: Sgt. Joe Kelley
Weare Police Department
Weare police dog succumbs to cancer
The Weare Police Department issued a
statement Thursday night saying its police
dog, Mica, died of cancer Wednesday. Despite
her illness, the 4-year-old Belgian Malinois
completed a K-9 demonstration only three
days before her death at the town's
Patriotic Celebration. The department raised
about $30,000 to pay for Mica's cancer
treatments after media publicity last fall.
Since November, the police department's K-9
has undergone many chemotherapy treatments
to slow down her lymphoma.
Despite a grim prognosis and a plan to
retire her from police service by the end of
the year, the Belgian Malinois named Mica
continued to win awards and assist in making
arrests. "I'm really surprised she's did as
well as she did," said Mica's handler, Sgt.
Joe Kelley said. Mica won five awards at the
U.S. Police K-9 Association's Police Dog
Competition in Portsmouth. She won first
place in a team competition with police dogs
from Methuen and Wilmington, Mass.; second
place in a suspect-search competition; and
third place in article searches,
agility and obedience.
The tasks were not exactly easy. Among other
things, Mica had to conduct evidence
searches in which several different scents
were used; jump over obstacles; and obey
verbal and visual commands from Kelley at 50
yards away, her handler said. "It's a tough
test. Not all dogs make it through there,"
he said. Since being diagnosed with cancer,
the 4-year-old dog has made local headlines
for tracking down three juveniles who
escaped in May from a detention center. In
March, Mica found a man hiding on the roof
of a Clough Park Road home after a
police drug raid.
Mica got extensive media attention in 2008
when she saved the life of a 4-year-old
Weare boy lost in the woods behind his home.
She was in the spotlight again in November
when the community learned of her diagnosis
and raised about $30,000 to pay for her
treatments, which could not be covered in
the police budget. Despite the outpouring of
support from across the country, Kelley said
Mica's days on the police force were
numbered. "I'll be honest with you," Kelley
said. "My heart's broken about this. Kids
were giving up their lunch money" to
contribute to the fund. "I had people
calling up from across the country."
Looking at Mica on duty, it was hard to tell
she was sick. She wagged her tail and seemed
to enjoy having her photograph taken. But
patting her just below her head revealed her
lymph nodes were very swollen. Kelley
said he's already looking at other dogs to
replace her. It's a personal loss for Kelley,
who took Mica home with him every night and
says she had become a pet for him and his
children. But Mica obviously still has some
fight in her. After all, it wasn't easy to
win all those competitions. "She went out on
top," Kelley said.
***********************
Mica also received several awards listed
below:
Numerous letters of recognition from our
department along with letters from out side
agencies.
Our department life saving award for
locating a lost 4 year old boy in 2008.
A commendation for the NH Governor John
Lynch for her work.
A commendation from the NH State Senate for
her work.
A commendation from the NH House of
Representatives for her work.
these awards together have never been given
to a police dog from our state.
Several awards during USPCA competitions
over the years including several first place
awards.
Thanks in advance
Respectfully
Sergeant Joseph Kelley
submitted by Jim Cortina, Dir. CPWDA
update: 10/07/10
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010
12:44 PM
Subject: The passing of Weare NH
police K-9 Mica
Sir or Ma’am,
Recently my department lost our K9,
Mica, to Lymphatic Cancer. Mica was a 6
year old, female, Belgian Malinois. It
was hard for everyone in our department
but also for the community of Weare,
NH. Many came to support the loss of
Mica at a public gathering, with an
attendance of 200+ people and most were
from the town of Weare and beyond. The
turnout was so high because of the
success she had throughout her career.
Things she did included many demos for
the town and assisting neighboring towns
on police calls. But, her most famous
search came back in 2008 when Mica found
a four-year old boy lost in the woods.
This success caught the town’s attention
and they felt safe having her. What
made her different than most police dogs
was that she was extremely social, even
around kids. Since being diagnosed with
cancer, people in Weare, in other towns,
and even across the country, donated to
Mica’s relief fund that totaled up to
$30,000. With all this, you can see why
everyone is having a hard time with it
because she was loved by everyone. It
would be an honor for Mica to be placed
in this memorial, especially after
everything she has been through. The
question I have is if you can direct me
on how to post a Memorial of Mica on
your site. If you can get back to me as
soon as possible,
I would greatly
appreciate it.
Regards, Anthony Gramieri,
Weare Police Dept.
In Loving Memory of
K9 MISHA - SAR
November 2, 1999 - May 4, 2010
Handler: Kyle Hadenfeldt
Iowa Search & Rescue
Kyle Hadenfeldt was her
handler. She was his second SAR dog. They
retired from Iowa Search and Rescue. She was
a very gentle sweet girl. This is the part
of owning them that we hate so very much.
We should not have to say good bye.
submitted by Shirley Hadenfeldt <sark9s@netins.net>
In Loving Memory of
K9 MOSELY
March 3, 2010
Handler: Lt. Jason Whitney
University of Wisconsin Police Department
1429 Monroe St.
Madison, WI. 53711
UW Police mourn passing of department’s senior K9
officer
K9 Mosely, the
UW Police
Department’s first K9 officer, passed away suddenly on
March 3 at the age of 9. He joined the department in May
2002 and was the partner and faithful companion of
Lt. Jason Whitney. He resided with Whitney and
his family and died peacefully at home of an aggressive
cancer that was diagnosed just the day before.
The German shepherd
specialized in explosives detection and suspect
tracking. He was also selected for advanced training and
certification by the ATF and FBI
K9 programs.
Mosely and Whitney responded
to bomb threats and suspicious package sightings and
tracked suspects. They were also called upon to provide
dignitary protection during visits by the Dalai Lama,
President Obama, former President Clinton and others.
Whitney was looking for a
dog with a social nature because of the environments in
which he would be working. Mosely lived up to his
partner’s expectations and the pair received several
commendations.
submitted by Jim Cortina, Dir. CPWDA
In
Loving Memory of
K9 MURPH
2010
 
Handler:
James Peters
Scottsdale Police Department
3700 N. 75th St.
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Sergeant Chris Coffee,
K-9 Unit Supervisor
Phone: (480) 312-5939
Email:
ccoffee@ScottsdaleAZ.gov
Open letter to James Peters of the
Scottsdale Police Department:
("Officer party to 6
shootings," Thursday):
James, when a gunman, heavily armed,
fleeing from police broke into our home where our
17-year-old daughter was home alone, taking a shower, I
was pleased to have officers like you be part of the
incredible Tempe SWAT unit that rescued her and the
6-year-old hostage the gunman was also holding. (See
Republic, Nov. 22, 1986, "Police
kill gunman in siege.")
In the rescue event, two officers were wounded
and Murph the police dog was killed. Some people were
upset that the police dog was sent into the fray and was
killed by the gunman, so they raised money to place a
memorial in Cyprus Park at Dorsey and Malibu in Tempe in
memory of Murph.
I am OK with that, especially since our
dog ran away and left my daughter to fend for herself! I don't recall any call for a monument
to the officers for their courage and commitment in
performing the rescue. But, when one of us needs help dealing
with violent individuals, I recommend calling the
police, knowing that there are highly skilled,
thoroughly trained and courageous "James Peters" on the
rescue team! We can feel safer knowing you and your
colleagues are there for us in times of great need.
You and your family are in our prayers.
- Jonathan Knaupp,
Chandler
submitted by Jim Cortina, Dir. CPWDA
MORE:
The Scottsdale Police Departments K-9 Unit
was formed in 1987 and currently has six
Police Service Dog teams. Each K-9 team
consists of a sworn veteran officer and a
certified dual-purpose police service dog.
The K-9 teams were created to assist police
personnel to search for hidden suspects,
locate articles or evidence of a crime,
protect officers and the public from serious
injury or death, assist in the arrest and
apprehension of felons, and detect the
presence of narcotics and/or explosives.
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