Memorials to Fallen K-9s
2003 page 9 The F.A.S.T. Co. donates sets of cards to all partners I need your help to inform me of such losses. |
Dept. addresses available for those who want to send condolences to officers. See below
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K-9 AEGOR March 13, 2003 
Partner: P.O. Bobby Boyce Cincinnati Police Department K-9 Division 5083 Colerain Ave. - Cincinnati Ohio 45223 Ph: 513-352-4088 |
on 3/13/03. Aegor served the Cincinnati Police Division for eight years. He was Patrol and Narcotic certified. Aegor was responsible for taking many bad guys off the streets. submitted
by Friends, Joe Dipietrantonio &
Axel
Officer
Boyce recieved a k-9
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K-9 ADAM February 2003 
Partner: Deputy Jon Shiels Boulder County Sheriff's Office 1777 6th Street, Boulder, CO. 80302 303-441-3600 303-441-4444 |
Adams biggest seizure was $209,000 in cash, which was being shipped from Boulder to Seattle, WA. for drug payment. Adam was put to sleep in February of 2003 due to medical problems. He was 14 years old.
submitted by Dusty Simon cards mailed 3/26/03 & received with surprise and appreciation. |
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K-9 IKON LODD March 24, 2003 
Partner: Officer Chip Higinbotham Everett Police Dept. 3002 Wetmore Avenue - Everett, WA 98201 (425) 257-8400 s Lt. B. Deckard
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received (Dena)
Chip is scheduled to go back to work on the 23rd. He will be going back to the same crew, just without Ikon.
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"I have been in Law Enforcement for eight years having been hired first by the City of Snohomish in late 1991, and then moving to Everett in early 1992. I am married with two children, both still at home with my wife and I. When I am not working I enjoy water skiing and playing baseball, having played in college in central Arizona, and presently playing on the Everett Police Fast Pitch Softball team. "Upon becoming an Everett Police Officer I was initially assigned to the Patrol Division where I served as a Patrol Officer for the first six years. I became a Canine Handler in early 1998, teaming up with Ikon at that time. Ikon and I attended formal training for three months in Vancouver, British Columbia, returning to Everett as a fully certified Canine Team in June 1998. When I was a child I had an opportunity to observe a Police Canine demonstration in my hometown. From that moment I set a goal for myself to someday become a Police Canine Handler. In addition to working as a Patrol Officer, and now a Canine Handler, I am also a fully qualified member of the Department's Tactical Unit as a Special Weapons Technician and Sharpshooter. I greatly enjoy that part-time position as well as my full time assignment with Ikon."
Ikon is four-year-old German Shepherd that was born in British Columbia, Canada. He had some limited training prior to becoming my partner. He was trained using the German language, and he receives all of his commands in German. He was approximately two and one-half years old when he became an Everett Police canine. He weighs in at 80 pounds and his markings are Black and Tan. Upon becoming my partner he attended the formal training with me in Canada and is now my constant companion when we are on duty. "He lives with me at my home, enjoying his own kennel when there. He gets along great with my other German Shepherd, as well as all members of my family. He likes children and does very well when we do demonstrations at local schools. He loves to play ball and swim. Actually, he loves anything to do with water and he has been known to attack garden hoses when the opportunity arises. Ikon has been directly responsible for 19 captures since he and I began working together, with the most significant one being the capture of a suspect fleeing from a Burglary. This person turned out to be a wanted felon out of the state of Mississippi, who was found to be armed with two stolen handguns after capture." Officer Chip Higinbotham
Originally submitted by Everett Police K9 unit, Suzanne Eviston submitted to me by Tracy Studer
EVERETT -- The photographs showed what words tried to describe. Ikon at work, lunging with his teeth bared, totally focused on someone or something just out of view. Ikon in training, dragging a "suspect" by the pant leg out of a patrol car. Ikon at play, standing next to "dad" at the edge of a lake. Ikon at rest, sprawled atop a patrol car, taking advantage of a lull in his shift. Ikon as a puppy, before he became one of the Everett Police Department's K-9s with a badge. Nearly 300 people -- including more than 50 police dog handlers -- turned out Wednesday for a remembrance ceremony for the 8-year-old German shepherd. Ikon died March 25 after being hit by a car while tracking a suspect running across I-5 near 112th Street SE. He was memorialized during a ceremony at the New Life Center. Those attending the ceremony walked past a gathering of other police dogs and their handlers, who came from as far as Oregon, British Columbia and Eastern Washington to honor one of their own. Many of the speakers had stories to tell of Ikon, including officer Chip Higinbotham and his wife, Dena, and their children, Randy, 18, and Allison, 12. "Ikon was not just a dog to me," Allison Higinbotham said. "He was like a second brother. He was a one-of-a-kind dog, and I will never forget him." When other dogs were playing with balls and chew toys, Ikon was playing with two-by-fours and pieces of drain pipe, she said. She described him as "goofy, happy and sweet." Others spoke of Ikon's loyalty and devotion, gentleness and courage, and of the more than 80 suspects he captured in his six years with the department. Randy Higinbotham, who sometimes played the bad guy during K-9 training sessions, called Ikon a "police officer, partner, friend and member of the family." The dog always found him, no matter where he tried to hide. Police officers jokingly called Ikon "psycho dog" because of his eagerness, spirit and fearlessness in doing his job, said K-9 trainer Sgt. Gord McGuinness of the Vancouver B.C., police department. He described Ikon and Higinbotham as one of the most impressive K-9 teams he's ever known. "We had our go-rounds early on trying to decide who was boss of the situation," Chip Higinbotham said. "And most of the time, it turned out to be him. He was a phenomenal dog." No decision has been made on whether Chip Higinbotham will get another police dog for a partner. "We want Chip and his family to have some time to recover," Sgt. Boyd Bryant said. "It's a very substantial commitment. The dogs become a core facet of a family." |
