Sgt. Robert Johnsey
artery severing it causing a large amount of blood loss.
Officer Kenneth Greg Surles
On June 18, 2008, K9 officer Greg Surles was seriously injured while on duty when an 18-wheel truck slammed into the side of his police car shortly before 4 p.m. at the intersection of U.S. 231 and Cropwell Drive/Kings Circle in Alabama. Surles was crossing U.S. 231 from Kings Circle when the truck, traveling south […]
Officer Kenneth F. Reyda
K-9 Officer Kenneth F. Reyda, 38, committed suicide on July 20, 2008 at his Fountain City, Tennessee home by shooting himself in the head with his department – issued .40 caliber semiautomatic pistol. Reyda did not leave a suicide note. He was not on duty at the time and had called in sick that day. […]
Lance Corporal Kenneth Michael Rowe
was shot dead by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan on July 24, 2008. He had been due to fly home the day before he died , but had persuaded his superiors in the British Army to let him stay because he feared a shortage of dog handlers would put his comrades at increased risk of roadside […]
Officer Joshua T. Miktarian
Two minutes into the traffic stop at 1:56 a.m., Miktarian calmly radioed for help was diagonosed with cancer in January of 2011 and immediately had his spleen removed but was only given 3-6 months to live. K9 Bagio was euthanized on 4/11/11 at the age of 10 when he developed complications from cancer Twinsburg police […]
Corporal John William Belk III
Corporal John William Belk III, 39, died in an automobile accident on 8/24/08 in Auburn, Alabama just after 2:30 p.m. He was off duty and sole occupant driving his black jeep when his vehicle and a green Ford Explorer collided head-on on Sandhill Road, just east of South College Street in Auburn. Belk died of […]
Sgt. Gregory Allen Rodriguez
Army Sgt. 1st Class Gregory A. Rodriguez, 35, died September 2, 2008, of wounds suffered in Ana Kalay, Afghanistan, when his mounted patrol came under small-arms fire. His dog Jacko survived the ambush. Sgt. Rodriguez was a military police dog handler and he and his dog were a military special search dog team assigned to […]
Deputy Marty Martin
died as he was being rushed to Grant Medical Center. Martin had been working undercover with Deputy Luke Holt, 31, when the sport-utility vehicle Holt was driving apparently hydroplaned on the wet pavement, hit a culvert and flipped. Holt who has been with the office since 2001 was in serous condition when taken to Grant […]
Officer Eric Lavoie
It is a road accident which caused numerous injuries to police who responded to an emergency call.
Officer Grant Anthony Jansen
Grant was employed as a K9 Police Officer at St. Charles City Police Department in St. Charles, Missouri. Officer Jansen was a 20 year law enforcement veteran, the last 13 years serving with the St. Charles Police Department assigned as a K9 Officer. He previously worked for the St. Charles County Sheriff’s Office, as well […]
