Tag Archives: RI

Died – 7/25/17 Handler – LuAnn Botelho K9 Abby Answers Her Final Call A favorite member of the Jamestown Police Department, K9 Abby also had a national reputation as a search and rescue dog. She was nominated several times for the American Hero Dog Awards. But she may have been happiest close to home. To the delight of school children …

Died – 5/25/17 Handler – Deputy Robert Mowry

Died – 1/12/17 Handler – Deputy Thomas Groff

Died 10/27/16 Handler – Cpl. Erik Yanyar The Rhode Island State Police are mourning one of their K-9 officers. The state police announced that K-9 Boris passed away Thursday. Boris was 10 years old. The German shepherd was handled by Cpl. Erik Yanyar and served from 2007 to 2016. Boris specialized in patrol service, narcotics detection and article searching. The …

Handler – Officer Gregg Bruno Cranston police mourn K-9 officer Bosco K-9 Officer Bosco of the Cranston Police Department has died. Bosco, who served on the force from April 2008 until his retirement in 2015, will be laid to rest Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. He will receive an escort to Final Gift Cremations in Cranston, where there will be a …

Died 8/22/16 Handler – Sergeant Erica Vieira CPWDA is sad to announce that one of our members, Sergeant Erica Vieira, lost K9 Maxwell today. Sgt Vieira is the K9 Unit Supervisor for URI, President New England Canine Search & Rescue, NSDA Evaluator Area Search & Rescue and Canine Search Specialist with Rhode Island Task Force 1. Our thoughts and prayers …

Died 6/22/16 Handler – Lt. Bryan Ricci Coventry police K-9 dies A K-9 officer at the Coventry Police Department died Wednesday. “It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our K-9 Enzo this morning. “Our thoughts go out to his handler, Lt. Bryan Ricci and his family, who are especially feeling his loss today.” The post went …

Died 6/1/16 Handler – Officer Anthony Lucca Passing of K9 Brock CPWDA is sad to announce the passing of K9 Brock who was partnered with Officer Anthony Lucca. K9 Brock worked for the Rhode Island Department of Corrections and was 7 years old at the time of his passing . Photo was taken last week at the MAPWDA training seminar. …

Handler – Trooper Sgt. Roger Reardon Retired State Police K-9 officer passes away The Rhode Island State Police announced the passing of a retired canine officer this week. Kubo, a German Shepherd-Belgian Malinois mix, worked with Sgt. Roger Reardon as both a patrol service dog and an explosive detection dog. He joined the force as one of five canines transferred …

Handler: Detective Lieutenant Matthew Moynihan Rhode Island State Police K-9 Axel of RI State Police dies K-9 Axel, a former partner to Detective Lieutenant Matthew Moynihan of the RI State Police, passes away. The Rhode Island State Police are mourning the loss of K-9 Axel, a former partner to Detective Lt. Matthew Moynihan. K-9 Axel, who was 14 years old, …