K9 Memorials

Died 4/26/21 Handler – Officer Tom Spence Retired Springfield Police K9 passes away A retired 12-year-old Springfield Police K9 Officer passed away and was laid to rest. Aries served the police department for five years before retiring on September 9, 2016, due to long-term ailments. During his five-year career with Springfield Police Department, he made substantial contributions with approximately 764 …

Died 4/26/21 Handler – Officer Jason Crawford Mesquite K9 officer killed while chasing armed robbery suspects The Mesquite Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its police dogs killed in the line of duty Monday morning. It happened around 2:30 a.m. as officers were helping the Balch Springs Police Department chase several armed aggravated robbery suspects. They deployed …

DIED – 4/26/21 HANDLER – Deputy James Pidgeon WOOD COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT RETIRED K9 TORO PASSES AWAY Wood County Sheriff’s Department announced via social media that retired K9 Toro has passed away. “It’s with a heavy heart we announce the passing of K9 Toro. He was Sheriff’s Department’s 4th police dog, and recently was retired,” the department said in a …

Tonight, K-9 Duran, “the old man,” crossed the rainbow bridge. He was surrounded by his family, his partner, his trainers, several other members of our Storm Dog training group and his mama. Duran was a retired dual purpose bomb dog from the Ohio State University Police Department who trained with Six back in his working days and we were lucky …

Handler – Investigator McGilton It is with extreme sadness that we announce the sudden and unexpected passing of our own K-9 ACHES. Recently, Aches (4.5 years old) had fallen ill. After dedicated care at home, and travel to Columbus for expert advice, it was determined that he had an inoperable tumor on his spine. Aches was one of the rare …

The K9 world lost another true hero. Hugo R319. Hugo was diagnosed with cancer a few months ago and had been fighting it since. Today his body decided it was done fighting! For all of you that knew Hugo you know how special he was. He was a true thug when it came time to work. But when it was …

Handler – Officer Connie Harper Retired school police dog Fax has died The Washoe County School District on Friday announced that one of its former police dogs has died. Fax worked as a drug-detective dog for the school district before retiring in 2010. Fax was born in the Czech Republic and trained with WCSD Officer Connie Harper in Texas prior …

Handler – Officer Erich Vedder It is with a very, very heavy heart that we have to inform all of you that one of our retired K-9‘s was laid to rest this past week. In May of 2009, Ofc. Erich Vedder (now Lieutenant) and K-9 Diesel graduated from K-9 Class and began working on the streets of East Lansing. From …

TPD K9 officer passes away at 10 years old Tucson Police Department said their final goodbyes to its retired K-9 officer Riley, who passes away at the age of 10 years old. According to a tweet shared by TPD, Riley was an, “exceptional police dog with an amazing career… [who] had hundreds of drug finds, several hundred criminal finds and …

Died – 4/22/21 Handler – Deputy Ballantyne Retired Erie County Sheriff’s Office K9 Hayco dies The Erie County Sheriff’s Office announced retired K9 Hayco died Thursday. 13-year-old K9 Hayco died at home with his partner and handler, Deputy Ballantyne, by his side. ECSO says he was vital to restarting the K9 unit around a decade ago and retired in 2017. …