In
Loving
Memory
of
K9
OBIE
December
8,
2014
Handler:
Officer
Craig
Faby
Troy
Police
Department
55
State
Street
Troy,
NY
12180
Troy
PBA
mourns
the
loss
of a
dedicated
K9.
Troy
Police
said
goodbye
to a
beloved
member
of the
department
Monday
as K9
Obie was
euthanized
due to
illness.
Obie,
handled
by
Officer
Craig
Faby,
was
nearly
four
years
old, and
had been
recently
diagnosed
with
osteosarcoma,
canine
bone
cancer.
Department
spokesman
Capt.
Daniel
DeWolf
said
Obie was
put down
due to
do the
aggressive
nature
of the
disease
and the
pain it
caused.
Obie was
named
after
Police
Sergeant
James
O’Brien,
who died
in
December
2010, a
month
before the canine’s birth. “Jimmy was a great law enforcement officer and
friend
to all,”
said a
press
release
from
DeWolf.
“It was only fitting that a great police dog would be named in his honor.”
Obie was
trained
in
explosive
detection
and
patrol
work, and was a family pet after work hours. With Faby, Obie has helped
make
arrests
and
uncovered
a number
of
explosive
items,
including
guns,
bullets
and
fireworks,
said
DeWolf.
“The
Troy
Police
Department
are
thankful
for the
excellent
work
that
Obie
performed
for the
citizens
of Troy
and
often
outlying
areas
that
have
been in
need of
a police
K9 and
handler,” said DeWolf in a press release. “Obie will always be fondly
remembered.”
K9 Obie,
thank
you for
your
dedicated
service and risking your own safety to protect our members. May you rest
in
peace,
we'll
take the
watch
from
here.
submitted
by Jim
Cortina,
Dir.
CPWDA
In Loving Memory of
K9 OSCAR
MAY 2014
(need photo)
Handler: Officer Mario
Nelson
Fontana Police
Department
17005 Upland Ave.
Fontana, CA 92335
K9
Ricky is under 2014-R
Fontana Police K9 program
thrives, but two retired
dogs pass away
After giving
many years of service to the
local community, retired Police
K9s Oscar and Ricky recently
passed away,
according to the
Fontana Police Department.
• K9 Oscar
joined the Fontana Police
Department in 2003 and was
assigned to Officer Mario
Nelson. In 2004, Oscar was
reassigned to Officer Joe Moreno
until Oscar retired in 2008. He
served the Fontana P.D. for five
years and remained in
the care
of Moreno in retirement. He was
14 years old when he passed away
in late May. "Oscar was a great
dog,
an outstanding partner and
will be missed very much," said
Moreno.
• K9 Ricky
joined the Fontana P.D. in 2004.
He was assigned to Officer Jason
Delair from 2004 until his
retirement
in 2010. Ricky
remained in the care of Delair
in retirement and was 12 years
old when he passed away in late
June.
"Ricky was the best
partner an officer could ask
for. He did what he was told and
never talked back," said Delair.
"He loved his job serving
Fontana and we were
inseparable."
The K9 Unit
is considered a valuable asset
to the Fontana P.D. and to the
community, and the officers
enjoy the
partnership with their
four-legged friends. The Fontana P.D. retires each K9 after it
reaches 10 years of age.
Fontana's K9 Unit began in 1976
and was the first such unit in
San Bernardino County. Over the
decades, the program
has grown
from one K9 to six patrol K9s.
A new
training center for the dogs
opened in 2012 and was honored
with an
award from State
Attorney General Kamala Harris.
"It's a world-class facility,"
said Lieutenant Gary Aulis.
The facility
includes specialized equipment
such as a detection wall,
blinds, obstacles, and a K9
search house. Community
donations made the training
center a reality at no cost to
the city. Fontana K9 Pals, a
non-profit organization, has
purchased every dog used by the
Fontana P.D for more than 20
years, with the exception of K9
Jaris, which was
purchased
through a Homeland Security
grant. At $10,000 per dog, the
savings have been significant
for the city.
submitted by: Jim Cortina,
Dir. CPWDA
In Loving Memory of
K9 OOLICK
date 2014
Need info regarding K9 OOLICK ...
including department and address, etc.
In Loving Memory of
K9 ORY
June 16, 2014
Handler: Chief
Darin Crask
Lostant Police
Department
Illinois
Retired police
dog dies
A former
Lostant
police dog died of
natural causes
Monday night. Ory
retired from duty in
February after 10
years
with the department,
said Chief Darin
Crask, who also was
the animal's
handler. The dog
helped take hundreds
of
pounds of illegal drugs off the streets of the Illinois Valley, found many
missing and
endangered people
and
protected citizens as well as Crask and his family, Crask said Tuesday.
submitted by
James Cortina, Dir.
CPWDA
In Loving Memory of
K9 OLD DAN
May 30, 2014
Handler: Lt. Kent Keeshan
Bettendorf Police Department
1609 State St.
Bettendorf, IA 52722
K-9 officer dies
Bettendorf’s K-9 officer, Old Dan, has
died. Old Dan was a yellow Labrador
Retriever that joined the Bettendorf Police
Department
as a narcotics detection canine in 2005.A
spokesperson for the department said Old Dan
and his handler, Lt. Kent Keeshan,
seized large amounts of drugs including 32.9 kilos of cocaine, 7.59 pounds
of ecstacy and 543.24 pounds of marijuana.
Old Dan died May 30, 2014 after surgery to remove a 9.7-pound tumor from
his spleen. Old Dan is buried next to
Bettendorf’s first K-9, Caesar, in Oakdale
Memorial Gardens in Davenport.Old Dan’s
passing leaves Bono as the
one remaining full-service K-9 with the
Bettendorf Police Department. No decision
had been made yet about
whether the department might purchase another K-9.
submitted by Jim Cortina, Dir. CPWDA
In Loving Memory of
K9 OUZO
May 13, 2014
Handler: Officer
Lance Marshall
Berkeley Springs Police Department
271 Wilkes Street # B
Berkeley Springs,
West Virginia
25411
Police dog dies after surgery
After a
two-year career as a K-9 officer with the Town of
Bath, German Shepherd “Ouzo” died on May 13
following surgery
and repair to an injury to his throat. According to Lance Marshall, Ouzo’s
supervising officer who cared for the dog,
Ouzo was playing with sticks in the yard on May 12 when he was injured.
submitted by Jim Cortina, Dir. CPWDA
In
Loving Memory of
K9 ODIN
May 13, 2014
Handler: Officer Randall Cox
Roanoke Police Department
348
Campbell Ave SW
Roanoke, VA 24016
Roanoke Police
Department Mourns Passing of K9 Odin
The
Roanoke Police Department announced the death of K9 Odin, who
proudly served the Department since June of last
year. K9 Odin passed away in the early morning hours on May 13th. K9
Odin's partner, Officer Randall Cox, was
there by his side. The results of a necropsy performed later
that same day revealed Odin died of an intestinal
torsion. K9 Odin was a two-year-old male German Shepherd. K9 Odin was
trained and fully certified in
explosive detection and patrol. K9 Odin graduated from Basic K9
School last September after certifying with the
Virginia Police Work Dog Association and the North American Police Dog
Association in Explosive Detection and Patrol.
"K9 Odin was not only my partner," said Officer Randall Cox, "he
was the partner of the entire Police Department and
really the entire Roanoke Valley. I was just the one lucky enough to ride
in the car with him." K9 Odin was
responsible for a variety of tasks from entertaining school
children during K9 demonstrations, to criminal
apprehension, to conducting building searches so officers
wouldn't be put in harm's way, to explosive detection
detail for any state or federal dignitary's visit to Roanoke. Officers are
planning a private memorial service to honor K9 Odin.
submitted by Jim Cortina, Dir. CPWDA
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