Boston and Somerville police departments mourn devoted Ok-9 police canines

Each the Boston Police Division and Somerville Police Division posted to X on Monday to mourn the lack of revered Ok-9 police canines. 

Somerville Police posted Monday morning concerning the dying of Lobo, an 8-year-old black shepherd who was serving the Somerville group with handler Officer Timothy Sullivan since 2015, police wrote in a Tweet.

Lobo was skilled to trace lacking individuals, seek for suspects, and find proof, police wrote. On Sunday, Lobo immediately handed away. 

“Lobo can be missed and we ask that you simply hold him and the Sullivan household in your ideas throughout this troublesome time,” Somerville police wrote. 

Boston Police posted Monday night that Dexter, a former twin function patrol and narcotics detection Ok-9, had died. He was 10-and-a-half years outdated. The black shepherd was liable for various excessive precedence arrests and recovering firearms and narcotics, in accordance with BPD. 

Dexter served the division alongside handler Detective John Harrington for seven years earlier than retiring in January of 2022, police wrote. 

“Dexter can be enormously missed by all on the Boston Police Division,” the division wrote in a Fb publish. 

Each departments provided their condolences to the canine’s handlers and households and requested that they be saved within the public’s ideas. 

Somerville Police Division Assertion on the dying of Lobo, Somerville Police Ok-9 pic.twitter.com/PJczCsxfkC

— SomervillePolice (@SomervillePD) October 16, 2023