Tag Archives: PA

Died 5/27/16 Handler – Officer Neil Cridge Findlay loses long-serving K-9 Officer Axel Officer Neil Cridge and members of the Findlay Police Department are mourning the loss of one of their own. The department’s K-9 officer Axel died May 27 after a brief bout with health-related issues. The German Shepherd-Belgian Malinois mix — one of the first police dogs in …

Died – 3/2/16 Handler – Sgt. Jason Linderman Reading police pay tribute to dedicated K9 Reading police paid tribute to one of the most loyal members of the department. K9 Ofc. Tank helped track down criminals for years, but on Wednesday he was laid to rest after an emotional send off. “Tank was one of those dogs people fell in …

Died 1/31/16 Handler – Officer Brian O’Malley Person Shot, K9 Officer Stabbed & Killed Authorities in western Pennsylvania say a police K-9 was stabbed to death and a suspect shot during a foot pursuit on a transit busway. Spokesman Jim Ritchie of the Port Authority of Allegheny County said the pursuit began Sunday afternoon at a transit station in Wilkinsburg …

Died – 11/29/15 Handler – Officer Jason Ebert Police mourn Bethlehem K9 A Bethlehem police dog died Sunday after being diagnosed with an untreatable form of cancer, police said Monday. Chief Mark DiLuzio said that K-9 Rexo, a 9-year-old German Shepherd died Sunday morning in the company of his partner Officer Jason Ebert and several other officers. “Our condolences go …

Died 9/25/15 Handler – Officer Glenn Bogert A salute to a fallen K-9 “He had my back. He was the coolest partner,” said Glenn Bogert, who worked with the 100-pound German shepherd in the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police from 2006, when the dog was 18 months old, until Memorial Day 2014, when Dirk retired four months after his 9th birthday. …

Died 8/22/15

Died – 8/19/15 Handler – Officer Bryan Lockwood Quakertown police to honor K-9 Kito Quakertown police will honor the life of its first K-9 officer — a German shepherd named Kito — who died as the result of a debilitating illness last month. A public memorial service is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday outside of Quakertown Borough Hall at, 35 …

Died 6/29/15 Handler Sgt. Dennis Dixon Heidelberg police dog dies after bout with cancer Heidelberg has lost one of its finest. Rocky, the borough’s 8-year-old police dog, was euthanized June 29 after being diagnosed in May with an aggressive form of cancer. His handler, Sgt. Dennis Dixon, 46, said he knew the dog’s health was deteriorating because his expression had …

Handler: Officer Brian Harbart Somerset Borough Police Dept. 340 West Union St. Somerset, PA 15501 WEBSITE – http://www.somersetborough.com/police/ Somerset Borough police K-9 dies Black bands adorn the Somerset Borough police officers badges as the officers mourn one of their own. Arny, the department’s K-9 unit, died Monday evening with handler Brian Harbart and his family by his side at Animal …

Died – 1/25/13 Handler – Corporal Lippmann It is with a heavy heart that the Mount Union Police Department announces the passing of K-9 Saxon. Saxon was born June 11, 2002 at a Pennsylvania kennel where he was hand selected from the litter by Officer Swineford and Corporal Lippmann to be the department’s next canine officer. Saxon was the nephew …