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Meet C.C., Riverside County Sheriff's Newest K-9 Named After Two Deputies Killed In Line Of Duty

C.C., a K-9 police dog, was named in honor of the department's two deputies who were killed in the line of duty within a two-week period.

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April 27, 2023

Riverside County Sheriff's Department swore in their newest member this year, a K-9 named in honor of the department's two deputies who were killed in the line of duty within a two-week period.

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C.C., whose namesake is a tribute to Deputies Isaiah Cordero and Darnell Calhoun, both of whom were shot and killed within a two-week span while working, is a one-and-a-half-year-old German Shepherd and Belgian Malinois mix, who is assigned to Deputy Marcus Murray.

Murray, who is assigned to the department's San Jacinto station, says that C.C. is a drug and addiction dog tasked with sniffing around crime scenes to find narcotics. .

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Deputy Darnell Calhoun (left) and Deputy Isaiah Cordero (right)/Riverside County Sheriff's Department

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