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Died – 10/25/15 Handler – Officer Holly Hill Retired Culpeper Police dog Seltic dies at age 14 A crime-fighting, drug-sniffing Culpeper Police Department K-9 recently passed on to the dog park in the sky. French-born “Seltic,” a beautiful, sand-colored Belgian Malinois, died in retirement Oct. 25 on his longtime handler’s Orange County farm at the age of 14. Culpeper Police …

Died – 9/30/15 K9 Fairga Passes away Sad news from the Orange Beach Police Department this afternoon. Retired K9 Officer Fairga passed away this morning, according to the Orange Beach Police Department. Fairga was a full-blooded German Shepard born in the Czech Republic in 2005. He worked with the city from 2006-2014. He was 10-years-old when he passed away.

Died – 9/28/15 1st Handler – Officer Tom Hendrickson 2nd Handler – Officer Brian Williams 3rd Handler – Officer Brian Boyd Hampton police mourning loss of K-9 Falko Hampton Police Division is mourning the loss of one of their four-legged companions. Falko II, a K-9 German shepherd for Hampton police, passed away on Monday. “He was by far one of …

Handler – Deputy Christopher Tash Retired Culpeper bomb dog, Hyco, passes on Madison County Sheriff’s Deputy Christopher Tash vows to never get another dog after the recent loss of his retired police K9, Hyco. “It’s just one of those things — I don’t want to bond with them. It’s too hard. To go ahead and get another I would do …

Died – 7/6/15 Handlers – Sgt. Lonnie Myers & Lt. Jeff Dodson Retired Culpeper police K-9 ‘Buster’ dies of natural causes Retired Culpeper Police Department K-9 “Buster” died July 6 from natural causes. Ten-year-old Buster was bred in Germany and sent to the United States in 2006. He was put into service in May 2006 at the Culpeper Police Department, …

Died 6/3/15 K9 Niko Passes With a heavy heart, our department and the Canine Section mourn the loss of police service K9, Niko. Niko faithfully served the residents of Fairfax County from 2005 until 2008, when he retired from an on-duty injury. Niko was trained in patrol and narcotics detection. He was also assigned as a supplemental SWAT K9, who …

Died – 5/4/15 Handler – Deputy Victor Green Mysterious death of drug dog prompts sheriff’s investigation The Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office has called in the state veterinarian to conduct an autopsy after the mysterious death Monday of Rex, the agency’s drug detection dog. Deputy Victor A. Green found the 4 1/2-year old Belgian Malinois dead in a Sheriff’s Office K-9 …

Died 1/10/15 Handler: Officer Brian Kane K9 Argo K121 served the Norfolk police department from December 2004 until June 2010. Virginia top dog award in 2008. Passed away January 10th, 2015.