Hanahan Police K-9 "Shadow" died Tuesday night during training, according to Lt. Michael E. Fowler.
He began his service with the department in 2008. During his time of service, Shadow located a countless amount of narcotics and made multiple non-bite K-9 apprehensions. His services were also utilized by other surrounding agencies on multiple occasions.
Hanahan Police released this statement:
"K9 Shadow was a valued member of this department with several accomplishments to include obtaining the most difficult of available certifications through National Police Work Dog Association as a 'Utility' dog meaning he was certified in drug detection work in vehicles, buildings and luggage/parcels, agility, suspect detection and apprehension in vehicles, buildings, and area searches, suspect tracking over multiple types of terrain with cross-tracks and obedience to name a few. This certification was obtained by K9 Shadow and Cpl. Lanphere in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012."
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