Died 3/11/21 Handler – Officer Tim Nunn APD Says Goodbye to K-9 Jax The Auburn Police Department announced the passing of K9 Police Officer Jax on Thursday, March 11. K9 Jax, a German Shepherd, joined the Auburn Police Department in November 2016. He came to the department from Germany by way of Creative Kennels in Sacramento, CA. His handler Officer …
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Died 1/28/21 It’s with a heavy heart and we announce the passing of retired K9 Officer Rohn. Earlier today at 13 years of age, with his handler and friends by his side he passed peacefully away. K9 Rohn and Deputy Gray were the first of two patrol K9s purchased in 2009 to rejuvenate the K9 program. After 6 years of …
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Died – 8/13/20 The Tacoma Police Department is mourning the loss of rookie K9 Ronja, who was shot in a gunfight while chasing a homicide suspect overnight. “We are heartbroken,” the department said in a news release announcing Ronja’s death. Ronja was tracking a homicide suspect around 1:30 a.m. Thursday when police and the suspect exchanged gunfire. The 2-year-old German …
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Died – 8/2/20 Handler – Deputy Mike Lamon Retired Chelan County Sheriff’s Office K9 Axel passes away Former Chelan County Sheriff’s Office K9 Axel died on Sunday, according to the sheriff’s office. Axel, who was retired from the sheriff’s office in 2017 after five years of service, passed away at home, the sheriff’s office stated. “Thank you K9 Axel for …
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Died 7/4/20 Handler – Officer Adam It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of K9 Zev. This past Saturday Officer Adam found his partner had passed away overnight due to unknown causes. We are awaiting the report from the vet. Officer Adam has been with the Renton Police Department since 1995, and was partnered with K9 Zev …
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Died 3/4/20 1st Handler – Ofc. Bob Harris 2nd Handler – Ofc. Jason Griffin Pasco Police K-9 Hapo dies unexpectedly The Pasco Police Department said Hapo was about 9 years old, and that his cause of death appears to be natural causes due to old age. Hapo had originally been named Jordan when he was selected as Pasco’s next K-9 …
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Died – 1/29/20 Handler – Officer Craig Spokane Police officer mourns the loss of his K9 companion, Leo With heavy hearts, the Spokane Police Department said goodbye to one of their K9 companions on Wednesday. Leonidas (Leo) began his career with the Police Department’s K9 Unit in 2008. He died at home this week from what appeared to be a …
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Handler – Officer Josh Madsen Retired Pasco police K9 Lemon passes away K9 Lemon was a Pasco Police Super-Star. Lemon’s career spanned 8 years and was a big part of the success of the K-9 unit for the Pasco Police Department. Sadly, K9 Lemon passed away over the weekend. Pasco Police posted his passing on their Facebook page: It is …
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Rest In Peace ‘Kato’ the Kent Police K9 From our friends at the Kent Police Department comes this touching tribute to one of their own – Kato the K9, who passed away from a ruptured tumor that took his 9th life at the age of 9.5. Kato served with the Kent Police from 2012 to 2017. People always ask cops …
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Handler – Officer Jason Johnson Retired Yakima Police K9 passes away The Yakima Police Department announced that their retired K-9 Flash has passed away K-9 Flash specialized in narcotics detection and helped her handler, Jason Johnson, on over 3,000 deployments during her career. In 2018, K-9 Flash went on to become “American Humane Law Enforcement Dog of the Year” and …
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