Sgt. Jay E. Fleckenstein

Jay received his Bachelor Degree from the University of South Dakota in criminal justice before fulfilling a life-long dream of becoming a Police Officer by joining the Sioux City Police Department in 1997. Jay furthered his career by becoming a member of the K-9 Unit with his trusted service dog, Eik. He was promoted to the position of Sergeant of the K-9 Unit with the Sioux City Police Department. Jay loved training dogs and teaching obedience classes. He had won numerous awards, including exceptional duty awards, and Top Honors in 2010 at the National Detector Trials. Jay was an instructor for the Citizens Academy of the Sioux City Police Department, a firearms instructor, a member of the SWAT team, Jay is survived by his beloved K9 Eik and was given to the Fleckenstein family. Family requests memorials be made to the Friends of the Sioux City Police Department in care of the K-9 Unit. K9 Eik had cancer and had to be euthanized on 8/20/15.

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