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K9 Minko – Creston, Iowa 1ST Handler – Officer Jared Auten 2nd Handler – Officer Jayrd Merritt Creston Police reports death of retired K9 Minko The Creston Police Department has announced the passing of retired K9 Minko. The police department said that K9 Minko was a German Shepherd born in 2009 and had started with the Creston Police Department in …

Died 4/19/19 Handler – Deputy Nathan Tibbets Audubon County Sheriff’s K9 Axel Killed By Passing Car Audubon County Sheriff’s Department K9 Axel died in an off-duty incident. K9 Axel, a Belgian Malinois, joined ACSD in 2015. K9 Axel helped take a large quantity of illegal drugs off the streets during his four years with the department. “Without Axel countless drug …

Died 3/3/19 Handler – Deputy Gregg Halbach Retired Mitchell County K-9 dies Retired Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Winnie, who died March 3 at age 14, truly loved her job. Even after her retirement in September 2015 after a seven-year career of sniffing out narcotics, apprehending suspects and finding lost children, the German shepherd “still wanted to go to work,” …

Died – 12/26/18 Handler – Lt. Steven Bose Waterloo Police announce death of K-9 officer Mitch An award-winning retired K-9 officer died Wednesday, according to the Waterloo Police Department. Mitch, a 10-year-old German shepherd trained as a K-9 narcotics and patrol officer, died on the day after Christmas at the home of Lt. Steven Bose, where he had lived since …

Died 12/24/18 Handler – Special Agent Jeff Shatzer Retired K-9 of the Iowa State Fire Marshal Division, Pogo, a 7-year-old yellow Labrador retriever who was partnered with retired Special Agent Jeff Shatzer since April 2013, retiring in July 2016. K-9 Pogo was put down after she stopped eating and an Iowa City veterinarian discovered two inoperable liver tumors Dec. 24.

Died – 11/21/18 Handler – Chief William Dodge Urbandale K-9 takes final ride in patrol car before being ‘laid to rest’ Sabre, a retired police dog for the Urbandale Police Department, was “laid to rest” after a final send-off ceremony, the department said in a news release Wednesday. His send-off included walking out the police department doors past saluting officers …

Died 3/11/18 K9 Eico was struck and killed by a vehicle in the 2100 block of Lilac Avenue. Eico’s handler had stopped to fuel up his patrol car and to allow him to exercise. Eico inadvertently ran onto Lilac Avenue and was struck by a vehicle. K9 Eico had served with the Davis County Sheriff’s Department for two years.

Died – 7/28/17 Handler – Sgt. Gus Farmer Long-serving K9 officer for Waterloo PD dies of bone cancer A dog that for nearly 10 years served as a K9 officer with the Waterloo Police Department has died after a short battle with bone cancer. K-9 Officer Robby died July 28th. Robby was a 12 year old Belgian Malinois who began …

Died – 6/8/17 Handler – Officer Canas Retired Davenport K9 dies Today the Davenport Police Department posted that Willie, a retired Davenport Police K9 passed away on Thursday, June 8th, due to medical issues. Willie was an eight-year-old Dutch Shepherd and was a full-service K9 with his specialties including tracking, narcotics, apprehension, article search and public demonstrations. Willie served the …

Died – 5/3/17 Handler – Officer Chad Bender Coralville Police Department’s first K-9 officer ‘Ivan’ remembered About two years ago, Ivan, the Coralville Police Department’s first K-9 officer, was diagnosed with cancer. Ivan’s veterinarians gave the Belgian Malinois — who was partnered with officer Chad Bender for his entire career — about four months to live. But, for the next …