New Massachusetts License Plate Honors K9 Officers And Handlers

CBS Boston

September 16, 2025

Massachusetts just approved a new license plate design set to honor K9 officers and their handlers. It's the brainchild of volunteers at the K9 PTSD Research Center in Seekonk. They are a place for retired police dogs to rehabilitate from their trauma and to live out their days.

"The number one thing that will happen to a K9 with post-traumatic stress is that it will be euthanized because the behavior is so difficult to deal with," said K9 PTSD Research Center Founder Jim LaMonte. "Now they come here, and we rehabilitate them. They never go back to service because PTSD 1 and 2 in K9s isn't curable."

The plate will feature a design with police dogs on the left side, as well as the initials "SG." They stand for Sean Gannon. The Yarmouth Police Sergeant and K9 handler was killed in the line of duty in 2018.

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