K9 Memorials

Died – 10/26/18 Handler – Officer Larry Maraldo Monongahela police K-9 Beny dies unexpectedly Monongahela police are mourning the unexpected death of a 10-year veteran of the department after K-9 Beny died Friday morning, just after completing the midnight shift with his partner, Officer Larry Maraldo. Chief Brian Tempest said Maraldo noticed about halfway through the shift that the 12-year-old …

Touching final moments as a young cop plays with his cancer-stricken pet German Shepherd, a retired K9, before she is put down A cop just wanted to play one last time with his dying dog and reminisce about their old days together before veterinarians at a facility in Mexico laid the dog to rest. Flora was a retired K9 who …

Died 10/25/18 Handler – Mathankumar Sniffer dog Diana has died Diana, a retired service dog attached to the dog squad of Coimbatore City Police, died here on Thursday. The nine-year-old Labrador retriever was with the dog squad from March 2010 to March 2017 for narcotics detection. Personnel with the dog squad bade final adieu to their favourite dog and buried …

Died – 10/22/18 Unified police K9 Kuno killed by vehicle The Unified Police Department is mourning the death of one of its own. Police K9 Kuno was hit and killed by a vehicle, the department said. Police said early Monday morning the UPD handler was off-duty in his personal vehicle with his partner Kuno. The vehicle was a pickup truck …

Died 10/21/18 Handler – Officer 1st Class Mike Toellen Retired Hillsborough K9 Officer Dies Viper – a well-known K9 Officer in the Hillsborough Police Department – has died. Viper passed away on Wednesday, October 21, following a sudden illness. He was nearly 10 years old, having served the town for six years before retiring from police work last fall and …

Died – 10/19/18 Handler – Detective Jeff Thurman K9 Laslo, a prolific police dog that helped apprehend nearly 500 suspects has died Laslo, the former police dog that apprehended over 480 suspects in four years as a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office K-9, died early Friday morning after months battling intense seizures. He stopped working in early 2017 at the age …

Died – 10/18/18 Handler – Officer Delaney Waltman Moss Point PD announces death of K-9 officer Cora The Moss Point Police Department announced the death of a beloved member this week. Cora, a 10-year-old Belgian Malinois K-9 officer, died Oct. 18 from natural causes. Cora joined the department in October 2011 and was used for narcotics detection, tracking suspect apprehension …

Died – 10/17/18 Handler – Officer AJ Demello Retired Lafayette police dog dies Lafayette police mourn the death of Tico, a retired police dog that served the community for eight years, according to a news release published Wednesday afternoon. He was 16. Tico and his handler, Officer AJ Demello, worked together from 2005 until Tico’s retirement in 2013. After retiring …

1st Handler – Det. Shawn Pegram 2nd Handler – Sgt. Sean Wheeler Spokane police dog Ryker dies The Spokane Police Department says one of its K9 dogs, Ryker, has died. The department says it’s with “great sadness” that they let the community know that this weekend Ryker succumbed to an illness he’d bravely battled for a number of weeks. Ryker …

Died – 10/14/18 Officer – Ruhlen Retired Newport News police K-9 passes away A Newport News police K-9 who retired earlier this month has passed away. Newport News police said that K-9 Klause died peacefully in his sleep Sunday night. Klause was born Dec. 3, 2009, and bought by Newport News police the following year. He was trained in patrol …