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Died – 12/8/21 Handler – Deputy Gibson  Delaware County Sheriff’s K9 passes away after recent cancer diagnosis The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of K9 Cash. The sheriff’s office said the Belgian Malinois was recently diagnosed with cancer and passed away on Wednesday. “We are heartbroken. Finding the words are difficult, but showing his loyalty and bravery …

Handler – Officer Nick Honeycutt JC K9 Officer Corey dies Jackson Center Police K9 Officer Corey has passed away. “The Jackson Center Police Department regrets to inform our community of the untimely passing of K9 Corey. K9 Corey succumbed to his injuries after a tragic off duty accident,” said Jackson Center Police Chief Chuck Wirick in a press release. “K9 …

Died 8/3/21 Handler –Officer Terry Wurgler Mentor police mourn death of retired K9 officer Mentor Police Department on Wednesday announced the death of retired K9 officer Titan. K9 Titan died peacefully on Aug. 3 at 10.5 years old, according to a department Facebook post. Mentor police said K9 Titan “proudly served” for 9 years with his handler, Ptl. Wurgler. He …

Died 7/26/21  Euclid police K9 officer dies ‘peacefully and unexpectedly’ The Euclid Police Department is saluting K-9 officer Rocky, who sadly died on Monday, July 26. “It is with deep sadness that we report EPD K-9 Rocky passed away peacefully and unexpectedly yesterday,” the Euclid Police Department posted on Facebook. “K-9 Rocky served the Euclid Police Department and during this last …

Died – 6/24/21 Handler – Officer Dave Nist Marysville police K-9 passes away while patrolling Marysville Police Officer Dave Nist announced his partner Bear passed away on Thursday. The Marysville Division of Police announced one of its beloved K-9s passed away on Thursday. The division shared a post by Marysville Police Officer Dave Nist, who is K-9 Bear’s handler. Nist …

Died – 6/9/21 Handler – Officer Kitco Ohio police mourn the loss of K9 officer Max The employees within the Grove City Division of Police are mourning the loss of one of their own. In early June, Max, the 8-year-old canine officer with the police department died. According to Lt. Jason Stern, a cancerous growth was discovered, resulting in an …

Died 5/29/21 Handler – Sgt. Anthony Mancuso Former Munroe Falls K9 Ryot died May 29, a little over a year after retiring from the police department. “She apparently had some stomach issues according to the vet. She wasn’t acting herself, and unfortunately the humane thing was to put her down because it was affecting her organs,” Mayor James Armstrong reported …

Handler – Detective Large Hilliard police department’s K9 Oz dies A dog that served in Hilliard police department for eight years has died after his health declined. K9 Oz was 12 and put to sleep this week, Hilliard police said on social media. The dog served from 2011 to 2019, partnered with Detective Large. “Our thoughts go out to Detective …

Died 5/1/21 Handler – Officer Brian Parker The St. Marys Police Department is saddened to announce that on Saturday, May 1, 2021, we lost our beloved K-9 member, Scout. On Thursday, Scout developed a Gastric Dilatation- Volvulus (GDV) and underwent emergency surgery, but died due to complications on Saturday. Scout, a German Shepherd from Czechoslovakia, was born on August 14, …

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 …