In Loving memory
of
K-9
FURLOW
July 3, 2001
Partner: PO3
John Green
Montgomery
County Police Headquarters
2350
Research Boulevard
Rockville,
MD 20850
Main
Number 240-773-5000
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Established
in 1961, the Montgomery County Police K-9 Section is made up of 13 officers
and 17 dogs. Since 1961,
91 dogs
have served in the unit.
The County
uses a variety of breeds including German Shepherds, Labrador Retrievers,
Malinois, and
Bloodhounds.
The dogs get yearly physicals with a
contracted
veterinarian. They are fed high protein diets supplied by the county. The
dogs live with their handlers
and
are a part of the handler's family. Once the dogs are retired, they stay
on as pets with their handlers.
If you
want more information on how you can meet
these
K-9s, click here to see the K-9 news and events.
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In
Loving Memroy of
K-9
REX
August 7, 2001
Partner: PO3
Bo Curry
Montgomery
County Police Headquarters
2350
Research Boulevard
Rockville,
MD 20850
ph:
240-773.5000
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Rex
was born in May, 1993 and started police work in 1994. He was an outstanding
tracker and was bo's Pride & Joy. He had numerous street apprehensions
to his credit, including a couple of burglars who were wanted in high profile
cases. This case was known as "The British Bandits." they used a British
accent and would break into expensive homes while people were sleeping
and steal cash and jewelry. Rex could track anything. I knew when he could
not keep up with the tracking, something must be wrong. He developed some
neurological problems and had to undergo surgery to his spine. As a result,
he died.
Officer
Curry returned to patrol in January
with
his new partner, K-9 Greger.
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In
Loving Memory of
K-9
ROBBIE
July 23, 2001
Partner: Chief
John Garner
Lewisport Police Department.
Lewisport
City Hall
PO Box
22, Lewisport KY 42351-0022
270
295.3345
LEWISPORT
POLICE LOSE DOG WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE
26
July 2001
By Patrick
Avery Messenger-Inquirer
LEWISPORT
-- The first police K-9 in Hancock County history died Monday due to kidney
failure and possibly cancer, said John Garner, chief of the Lewisport Police
Department and the dog's owner. Robbie, an 8-year-old Belgian Malionis,
was responsible for many drug related arrests and seizures. "Even in his
last month, when he was feeling bad, he was ready to go," Garner said.
"He had the heart of a champion." Seven years ago, the Lewisport mayor
stolen
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Thank
you all for your help, Chief Garner, Chuck Jones, Tim Thompson & all.
cards will be mailed 7/27/01. 3/19/02 - John Garner has
now got a new dog and she is doing great. She is bout a year old, black
lab,
Narcotics
and tracking dog. (Chuck Jones) Cards arrived just in time for service
on Mon. 7/30 so nice to hear from officers.....
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suggested
a K-9 unit would benefit the community and Garner received Robbie from
the TASK K-9 Academy in Texas. Garner took him in as his own and
on the second day of duty, Robbie managed to help retrieve $16,000 worth
of
church
equipment, Garner said. "He came in and proved to be an asset from the
start," Garner said. "He would find whatever you needed him to find no
matter what." Robbie became involved in the community by helping
out the school's DARE program. "He loved to go to the schools and
let the kids pet and play with him," Garner said. Garner believes
having the dog helped spread the anti drug message to the kids. Robbie
lived at home with Garner and his wife and children. He liked to play ball
with the family and would often just sit with them, Garner said.
"He was a member of the family," he said. "My kids grew up with him."
Getting a K-9 in Hancock County was a big deal seven years ago because
the Lewisport Police Department was a one-man agency, Garner said. Many
regional law enforcement agencies got dogs after hearing of Robbie. The
Hancock County Sheriff's department got Ulan, a K-9 that worked with Robbie,
two years ago. "It shows what kind of positive impact Robbie had
in the community," Garner said. Ulan's owner, Deputy Sheriff Chuck Jones,
said Robbie was one of the best dogs he knew. "A K-9 is worth its
weight in gold," Jones said. "They give it their all and all they ask in
return is a little affection." Jones said the impact of losing a
dog an officer worked with on the job is significant. "Having a dog
that will take a bullet for you is something completely different," Jones
said. "If I were to lose Ulan, it would be like losing a kid." Robbie
was put to sleep Monday at Towne Square Animal Hospital and then buried
at Garner's house. There are no immediate plans to replace Robbie,
though Garner doesn't rule out the possibility of getting another K-9.
"You've got to get over the loss," Garner said tearfully. "You can't replace
him." Garner plans to collect all the photos and articles about Robbie
so he can show people about his special dog. "You don't realize how
he helped until he's gone," Garner said. "He did a lot for us." A
memorial service for Robbie will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Lewisport
Fire Department.
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In
Loving Memory of
K-9
BLUR
LODD
July 27, 2001
"Blur
was NOT just a dog!
He was
an officer, he was one of us,
one
of the family."
Partner:
Officer John Allovio
Waco
Police Dept.
721
N. 4th St.
Waco,
TX 76701
Thank
you to Officer Ken Reeves & Det. Ryan Holt
for
you help. Cards mailed priority 7/31/01
no replies-
Officer
shoots police dog during search for suspect
By MIKE
ANDERSON/Tribune-Herald staff writer
Mike
Anderson manderson@wacotrib.com or 757-5755.
A Waco
police officer shot and killed a police dog Friday during a search for
a robbery suspect. Officers attempted to pull over a car about 3:15 a.m.
at the intersection of West Avenue and North Ninth Street. The car was
reported stolen in Dallas, said Waco Police spokesman Steve Anderson. The
car's driver, Bradford Carr, 23, of Waco fled from police. Officers followed
until Carr stopped the vehicle and fled on foot in the 800 block of Harlem
Avenue, Anderson said.
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Officers
surrounded the area, and with the assistance of a police dog, they began
a yard to yard search, he said. As the canine and its handler approached
the fence of one yard, Carr stood up and surrendered, Anderson said. An
officer, hearing the commotion, approached the scene from behind the canine.
The dog, sensing a threat to its handler, bit and held onto the approaching
officer's left arm, Anderson said. The dog released the officer upon his
handler's command. Another officer, with his gun drawn, approached from
the same direction, and the dog again bit and held onto his left arm, Anderson
said. Before the handler could order the dog to stop, the officer shot
the canine in the side, he said. It died at the scene. "He shot on an impulse,"
Anderson said. "It was a very quick reaction to the seriousness of the
situation. He fired one shot, and that killed the dog." Police would not
release the names of the officers involved. Both bitten officers were taken
to Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, where they were treated and released.
Anderson said one officer's wounds required stitches. Anderson said the
dog, a 3-year-old Dutch Shepherd named Blur, was purchased by the department
in May. The dog was trained to use its mouth to restrain anyone it perceived
as a threat to its handler. You can train and train and train, but then
you get out into a high stress situation where everybody is tense and the
suspect is believed to have a gun, and the unexpected can happen," Anderson
said. "We will have to work this into our training in the future." The
dog's body was sent to a veterinarian to check for rabies, he said. Waco's
police dogs are used mainly to sniff out narcotics, but they are also used
to locate weapons and track people. Anderson said the dog's death has been
difficult for the department. "Sure it was only a dog, but it is still
one of us," he said. "For the canine officer, this was his partner. It
lived with him as part of his family. He's taking it very hard. It is also
hard for the officer who fired the shot. It is a bad situation all the
way around." Anderson said it was too early to determine whether a memorial
service will be held for Blur. Both injured officers were on medical leave
Friday. Waco police Sgt. Dennis Kidwell said there will be an investigation
into the shooting, but said that is routine in such cases. Carr remained
in the McLennan County Jail late Friday on charges of evading arrest and
aggravated robbery, a jail spokeswoman said. Bond was set at $11,500, she
said.
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In
Loving Memory of
K-9
BUDDY
LODD
July 30, 2001
Partner:
Officer Mike Davis
Bremerton WA Police
Dept.
Department
Chief of Police Robert D Forbes
239
4th St Bremerton, Washington 98337 (360)478-5220.
Memorial
service to be held
Aug.
8, 2001 at 2:30 PM
Bremerton
High School
On
7/30/01 at 0145 hrs,
Officers
responded to a City of Bremerton park to investigate a report of someone
shooting a gun. One officer spotted the suspects who started running
through the park toward where Officer Mike Davis and K-9 Buddy where waiting.
K-9 Buddy engaged the suspect, who then shot Buddy. The suspect
then shot at Officer Davis. Officer Davis returned fire, hitting
the suspect. K-9 Buddy was rushed to Central Kitsap Animal Hospital
where he was pronounced dead. The suspect is in critical condition.
The suspect's gun was stolen last year in a burglary. Officer Davis
and K-9 Buddy where a new team, having replaced K-9 Zaro and I when
I got promoted. They accredited in May. K-9 Buddy was turning
out to be an excellent dog, well ahead of where he should have been
on the learning curve. In his two months of service, he had
over 10 captures. The arrests included the drivers of several eluding
vehicle, an escapee from Mission Creek Youth Camp, several DV assault
suspects and a suspect in a drive by shooting who fled after a pursuit.
He will be sorely missed. Sgt. Jim Burchett, Bremerton P.D.
Since
Bremerton started its K-9 program in 1982, the city has used 10 police
dogs: Bo, Radar, Jake, Chase, Blaze, Tessie, Quazar, Zaro, Roscoe and Buddy.
He was a new dog--barely two months on the street. But, he already
had ten captures and the admiration of almost everyone who saw him. (Justin)
cards mailed 7/31/01
Heard
from various officers, Hope cards were received 8/17/01.
8-21-02
have no reply
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Follow UP
Trial
begins for suspect in Buddy shooting
August
20, 2002 - By Travis Baker -
Sun Staff (360)
792-9217
Aaron
Williams, also accused of trying to kill a Bremerton police officer, didn't
fire any shots, his lawyer said. More than a year after a nighttime shooting
at Lions Field took the life of Bremerton police dog Buddy, the trial of
22-year-old suspect Aaron Williams of Bremerton got under way Monday in
Kitsap County Superior Court. Williams' defense against charges he tried
to kill a Bremerton police officer after killing his canine partner may
hinge on the darkness of Lions Field the night of the shooting and whether
there were dog bite marks on Williams' arm. Those were the two main themes
that emerged Monday as Williams' lawyer cross-examined the first prosecution
witnesses in the trial arising from a July 30, 2001, shootout in the East
Bremerton park. "It was not Mr. Williams who fired any of the rounds alleged
to have been fired," lawyer John Muenster said in his opening statement.
Police dog Buddy died of a bullet wound that early morning. His handler,
Officer Mike Davis, testified that two shots also were fired at him. And
Williams was hit in the side as Davis shot back. Kitsap County Prosecutor
Russ Hauge set forth the evidence against Williams for Superior Court Judge
Anna Laurie. She is hearing the case without a jury, at Williams' request.
Hauge said police were sent to the park after Williams or his companion,
Maurice Jackson, fired off a full clip of 9-mm ammunition in a residential
street near the park. They were celebrating Williams' 21st birthday, he
said. But the celebration turned deadly after the two ran to the park,
Hauge said, and Officer Davis confronted a person there. He ordered the
person to stop. Buddy was at Davis' side. He "was looking at me, waiting
for a command," Davis testified Monday. When the person ran, Davis gave
the command, "pauken" — German for "get 'em," Davis testified.
Buddy
ran around a fence and "contacted" the person, Hauge said. One or two shots
rang out and the dog was mortally wounded. Davis testified he saw it happen
in the dim illumination from a street light and a light on a nearby house.
He said
he chased the suspect into a darker part of the park, clicking his flashlight
on and off as he went. He saw the person had stopped with his arm extended
toward him. He heard two shots and saw one muzzle flash, he testified.
Davis said he then emptied his own gun at the moving suspect, 10 shots.
Within one to three seconds of his last shot, he saw Williams lying on
the ground, flailing around, wounded.
Officer
Clay Schultz, backing up Davis, testified as to what happened next. Schultz
said he arrived and asked, "Where's the gun?" According to Schultz, Williams
said, "I threw it," and nodded toward where Schultz testified he saw a
gun on the ground, jammed and inoperable. Williams' lawyer questioned Davis
at length about what and how he could see as he fired at the figure in
the flickering flashlight beam.
He asked
where the officer and the suspect were standing during the gunfire. He
asked if it's possible Williams was shot while already on the ground. Davis
said he doubted it.
Muenster
also asked Schultz if he saw any bite marks on Williams' arm, and was told
no. He asked Davis about where Buddy was trained to bite a suspect and
was told the first point of contact, unless it's the head or neck. Davis
testified he saw Buddy going for or grabbing the suspect's arm.
Hauge
asked Davis about whether the dog might have struck Williams with an open-mouth
bite then relaxed and held him by the arm of his shirt. Davis said that's
possible. But there was no medical evidence presented in the first day's
testimony as to whether Williams did or didn't have any bite marks.
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In
Loving Memory of
K9-Drake
LODD
July 16, 2001
Partner: Deputy
John Palermo
Harris County Sheriff's
Dept. TX
1301
Franklin - Houston, TX 77002
713.450.1623
cards mailed 8/3/01
8/21/02
no word from deputy which I understand
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July
30, 2001, 9:47PM
Sheriff's
Department alters K-9 policy after dog's death
By LISA
TEACHEY
The
Harris County Sheriff's Department has changed its K-9 units policy after
the death last month of a drug sniffing dog left in an air-conditioned
vehicle. Lt. Ricky Williams of the Harris County Organized Crime and Narcotics
Task Force said Monday dogs can no longer be left alone in a vehicle for
more than 10 minutes. The policy change comes after a black Labrador retriever
named Drake died last month while his handler was attending a mandatory
training session. At the time of Drake's death, department policy allowed
deputies to keep their dogs in air-conditioned vehicles while they attended
court, training sessions and other functions where the dog was not needed.
"Until we figure out what happened to Drake, we have changed the policy,"
Williams said. On July 16, Drake's handler, Deputy John Palermo, attended
a required street survival training session at a church near Katy, Williams
said. The day was hot and humid, and Palermo did not want to leave Drake
in a kennel all day at his home, Williams said. Instead, he brought the
dog, which the county paid $5,000 for, to the session and left him in an
air-conditioned Chevrolet Tahoe. "He checked on the dog at every break,"
Williams said. "At 11 a.m., the dog was fine. At noon, he was dead. "He
(Palermo) is devastated," Williams said. An autopsy report on the cause
of Drake's death is not complete, Williams said. At first it was thought
the dog died from poisoning, but that has since been ruled out. Drake,
who was almost 2 years old, had been with the department for about five
months, Williams said.
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In
Loving Memory of
K-9
BUCK
July
9, 2001
Partner:
Sgt. Mark Day
Renton
Police Dept. WA
253.852.2121
& 425.430.7500
1055
Grady Wy. Renton, WA 98055
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"Buck
was born in Frankfurt, Germany on April 30, 1990. He was the son of a Frankfurt
Police Canine nicknamed the " Red Baron". His dad was a highly decorated
officer (so they tell me.) He was brought to the United States via West
Virginia by Jack McDonald (a legend in Police Canine training in Washington.)
We tested about 40 dogs including Buck. I knew he was the one the first
time I laid eyes on him. We loaded him on a plane and brought him to Renton
to start his career. Jack McDonald trained Buck and I and together we became
the last team trained by the legend himself (Jack retired after we graduated.
) Buck was commissioned on January 28, 1992. His first night on patrol
he tracked a burglary suspect from Hazen High School and located him in
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a
chicken coop; his career was well on its way! His career consisted of arrests
for rape, arson, kidnapping, burglary, and even two homicide suspects.
He had over 200 arrests during his career. My recollection tells of even
a time he tracked a burglary suspect who had left the scene in the back
of a pickup truck. Can you imagine the surprise when we showed up on her
doorstep after she had gone to bed and arrested her for the crime? He found
a kidnapper in Auburn who had taken a 4 year old child in a carjacking
attempt. Christmas morning 1996, he tracked a stolen vehicle suspect in
Tukwila near the Duwamish River. He found the suspect who jumped into the
water with Buck attached to him. After a lengthy rescue attempt, I am sorry
to say the suspect would not allow himself to be rescued. There was a time
during a violent struggle with a felony assault suspect that Cmdr. McClincy
was introduced to Buck when he nibbled on her back side when she got between
him and the suspect. ( I don't think she ever forgave me or Buck for that!)
He captured two homicide suspects, one for Tukwila and the other for Seattle
PD. The capture for Seattle was his last before retiring in March 1997.
Buck, a favorite at K9 demonstrations and Citizens Academies. During a
demonstration for children at the library he somehow got some chewing gum
stuck in his fur. The senior librarian covered him in peanut butter saying
it would get the gum out. Have you ever seen a German Shepherd with peanut
butter and chewing gum all over him? It was very funny! Buck sired
37 puppies. Many are currently working law enforcement dogs today. His
son Rico took his place on the force at the Renton Police Department. Some
of the pups became partners for individuals who are sight impaired and
others are just family members. When I see the offspring, I see so much
of him in their mannerisms and actions. I guess what I really cherish the
most is when I was struggling to fight the cancer that had me on the ropes.
He was always there. Buck helped me tremendously to face each day of therapy
with determination and hope. He, or at least I would like to believe, he
understood what a battle I was in for. Just like at work, Buck never left
my side or let me give up. On July 9, 2001, the partner that shared so
much of my life lost his own battle to cancer. He left suddenly and in
my arms. I miss him so. I did not believe I could hurt so much as when
it happened. I can never put into words what my time with him meant."
cards
mailed 9/6/01
Heard
from another officer that
cards
were received & appreciated. T.Y. Liz 9/25/01
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In
Loving Memory of
K-9
PAL
July
2, 2001
Partner:
Patrolman Officer
Michael O'Brien
Yonkers
Police Dept.
730
E. Grassy Sprain Rd. Yonkers, NY 10710
914
377 7388
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On
July 2, 2001, K-9 PAL came to an accidental death.
K-9
Pal & his partner, Patrol Officer Michael O'Brien
were
very busy as a canine team.
They
were responsible for numerous felony arrests.
K-9
Pal and Mike also put on several canine
demonstrations
to school children throughout the city.
Pal's
bravery and dedication were outstanding
and
this canine team
will
be missed by the department.
cards
sent 2002 with another officer's K-9 who
passed
on. See Stats
of 2002
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