In
Loving Memory of
K9 HAWK
September 2,
2014
Handler: Officer
Eric Gum
Sealy
Police
Department
1320
Rexville Road
Sealy, Texas 77474
Police give Hawk
final salute
Sealy
police officer
Eric Gum leads
his partner,
Hawk, the
department's
drug dog,
into Sealy Veterinarian Hospital where he ended his battle with cancer.
It is with a
heavy heart that
the Sealy Police
Department
announces the
loss of our
beloved K9 Hawk.
After a 5 month
battle with cancer he passed away 9/2/14 while being comforted by his
partner and
family. Hawk was
a Belgian
Malinois
who
served with the
police
department since
the spring of
2012 and his
final tour of
duty was
September 2,
2014.
K9 Hawk was
responsible for
countless drug
seizures and was
currently the
only K9 deployed
in Austin
County.
He enjoyed going
to work more
than anything
else and he was
able to enjoy
his last few
months
at home with his handler and family.
submitted by Jim Cortina,
Dir. CPWDA
In Loving Memory of
K9 HICKOK
November 9, 2001-October 23, 2013
Handler: Officer
John Lien
Moorhead Police
Department
9th Avenue North
Moorhead, MN 56561-0817
PH: (218)299-5120 TDD/TTY#711
Retired Moorhead
police canine Hickok dies
Retired Moorhead police canine
Hickok died Wednesday at the age
of 12, according to a release
from Moorhead police.
Officer John Lien started
working with Hickok spring 2004
and together they excelled in
their street duties
and regularly ranked high during
required certification training,
regionally and nationally, the
statement said.
Due to physical limitations,
Hickok was retired in spring
2011. He lived the remainder of
his life
with Lien’s family in Moorhead. Lien now works with Milo, another police
canine.
more: Hickok is originally
from Czechoslovakia. He received
his training in St. Paul, MN.
Hickok was named after legendary
law officer James Butler Hickok,
aka; "Wild Bill."
U.S.P.C.A. Certified - Police
Dog 1/Narcotics
Duties:
*City Wide Patrol, *Building
Searches, *Tracking for Missing
Persons/Suspects,
*Suspect Apprehensions,
*Locating Illigal Drugs, & *
Police
Demonstrations/Presentations.
A Special thank you to the Moorhead
VFW and Ladies Auxilliary Post
1223,
who purchased Hickok for the
Moorhead Police Department.
BUILDING SEARCHES: 12 with 2
find.
OPEN AREA SEARCHES: 3 with 0
finds.
TRACKS: 29 with 11 finds.
WARRANT SERVICES: 2 (Finds are
not applicable).
ARTICLE SEARCHES: 4 with 4
finds.
MISCELLANEOUS USES: 29 with 0
finds.
PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS: 15
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS: 6
NON-PHYSICAL APPREHENSIONS: 10
PHYSICAL APPREHENSIONS: 1
NARCOTIC VEHICLES: 43 with 35
finds.
NARCOTIC BUILDINGS: 34 with 11
finds.
TOTAL TRAINING HOURS: 155.75
hrs.
CANINE CALL-OUTS: 18
CANINE OVERTIME HOURS: 54.75
hrs.
submitted by Jim Cortina,
Dir. CPWDA
THANK YOU to the Moorhead
PD and Officer John Lien for
your letter and
especially for
K9 Hickok's trading card.
In Loving Memory of
K9 HUNTER
June 23, 2013
Handler: Robert Arduini
Wethersfield Police Department
250 Silas Deane Hwy.
Wethersfield, CT 06109
It is with the deepest sadness and a heavy heart
that I have to send this e-mail letting
everyone know that K9 Hunter passed away this
weekend. Hunter was the first police K9 assigned
to the Wethersfield Police Department and I will
be forever honored that I was allowed to act as
his partner. Hunter proudly served the
Wethersfield Police Department and the community
for six years and loved every minute of it. He
loved to train, he loved to work and with out a
doubt he was a great police working dog. It
really was in Hunter’s DNA to be a police K9.
Retirement unfortunately wasn’t for Hunter. Over
the past few years Hunter’s overall health grew
increasing worse. Just like when he worked,
Hunter fought hard to be the best pet he could
but unfortunately he could no longer fight the
fight at home. Being a pet just wasn’t in
Hunter’s DNA.
For those within the PD that helped me
throughout my K9 endeavors I will forever and
always be grateful. Without your assistance in
helping me train when extra training was needed
or fundraising when special equipment was
required, Hunter would not have had the
opportunity to develop into the incredibly
proficient K9 that he did.
Hunter never received the accolades or awards
that he probably deserved but just knowing that
within the “K9 inner-circle” Hunter was always
considered one of the hardest and best trained
police dogs was reward enough. Hunter was always
referenced by CPWDA master trainers as one of
the premier K9’s and would constantly be called
upon at training or seminar events when a K9
patrol technique needed to be demonstrated at
its highest level. Hunter was also great with
children and his love to perform at youth
demonstrations was amongst his and my favorite
things to do.
I can’t express in words how much I will miss
Hunter. He was not only my partner but he was
without a doubt my best friend. He will always
be my daughters’ Lindsey and Chelsey’s
“Hunter-Boy”.
Hunter, you will be missed and thanks for the
memories and for always standing by my side!!!
Ofc. Robert Arduini
submitted by Jim Cortina, Dir. CPWDA
In
Loving Memory of
K9 HONDO
January 1, 2013
Handler: Const. Sandra Glendinning
Vancouver police
2120 Cambie St.
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V5Z 4N6
Beloved police dog Hondo dies of cancer nearly
two weeks into retirement
Vancouver police Const.
Sandra Glendinning did not expect to start 2013 without
her faithful partner, her best friend. On New Year’s
Eve, Glendinning went on a walk with her recently
retired police service dog, Hondo. The eight-year-old
German shepherd had the
energy and curiosity of a puppy
as he explored the trail. But a day later, Hondo was
laboring and in obvious distress.
“My dear, sweet dog,
my faithful partner since 2005 was leaving me,” Glendinning wrote on the blog she has kept since late
2008.
He passed away Tuesday afternoon.
Hondo loved chasing bad guys
and using his keen sense of smell to track people and
property, as Glendinning chronicled many
times in her
blog. Just 12 days before he died, Hondo worked his last
shift before becoming a pet for Glendinning’s family.
“Hondo’s getting on, and it’s time for him to enjoy a
very well-deserved retirement. He’s ready to crash out
on the
big fluffy dog bed in front of our fireplace, and
to being self-assigned the job of keeping starlings off
the bird feeders
in our back yard,” she wrote.
Hondo
had a number of health problems — including allergies, a
near-fatal immune disease in 2010 and surgery to remove
his
spleen in November — but they didn’t affect his
work. The one thing he couldn’t overcome, however, was
cancer. “The vet
who treated Hondo for the cancerous tumor on his spleen said that, when the cancer came
back, it would be very sudden.
I would know when it was
time,” Glendinning wrote. “Hondo was propped on his
forelegs, laboring for breath. It was
clear he had
suffered a catastrophic setback — he made a soft cry
with every breath. It was time.” Vancouver police
spokesman Const. Brian Montague said police dogs and
their handlers are very close because they live, work
and vacation
together. “It’s definitely a member of the
family that Sandra’s lost,” Montague said.
submitted by Jim Cortina, Dir. CPWDA
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