ust two days after learning of cancer in his liver, Cuccaro was hospitalized March 26, and his condition deteriorated quickly. Cuccaro joined the Sebastopol Police Department on Jan. 31, 1984, when he was appointed a control aide, and on April 5 that same year, was appointed as a reserve officer taking on his first shift on April 26. He was promoted to dispatcher in July the following year, and finally entered the Police Academy January 1988. Upon his graduation in April, he was appointed a full-time officer. On Nov. 1, 2003, he was promoted to Corporal, and on Oct. 1, 2006, promoted to sergeant, a position he held until his retirement on Aug. 1, 2008 due to a back injury. He served with the Sebastopol Police Department for 25 years and received his Associates Degree in Law Enforcement at Santa Rosa Junior College. During his tenure with the SPD, Cuccaro also served as the K-9 officer with his partners Ike and Raydar. In 1994, Cuccaro was honored, as Sonoma County’s Police Officer of the Year for rescuing a Sebastopol resident from a burning building. Approximately one thousand people attended his funeral along with 10 K9 units.
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