h1. toledo police k-9 unit dog killed - Aug 2015

Interesting. 

http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2015/08/12/Police-K-9-killed-along-with-suspect-after-chase.html

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Late Wednesday night, police officers lined a path leading away from a vacant East Toledo house, *hands on hearts,* as Falco’s body was wheeled out and taken away with a police escort.

The small crowd on the scene remained hushed at the sight, some *removing their hats* or taking cell phone video.

*"We just lost a police officer,"* Chief Kral said. *"That dog is a police officer.* 

Toledo police dispatchers gave a *ceremonial last call* for the dog over police radio around 9:30 p.m.

Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson arrived at the scene several hours after the shooting to show support for officers there, she said. *“This officer gave his life in service to our community,”* she said.

The last Toledo Police officer to be killed in the line of duty was Detective Keith Dressel, a 13-year veteran of the department, who died Feb. 21, 2007.

The National Sheriff’s Association has written a protocol that departments should follow for burying a K-9.  *Honors for a dead K-9 should be comparable to those for their human counterparts,* the association says.

The animal’s funeral may include an honor guard, pall bearers, and 21-gun salutes, the association said. 

In 2014, a funeral procession in Pittsburgh for slain police dog Rocco included bagpipers and full police honors.
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