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K9 Officer Scout (SUBMITTED)<\/p>\nFor the second time in less than a week, the Scranton Police Department is mourning the death of a K-9 officer, one retired and one who was soon to begin his career with the department.<\/p>\n
On. Dec. 4, the department released a statement saying they were \u201cdeeply saddened to announce the sudden passing of Police K-9 Scout on December 3, as a result of suffering an unexpected medical emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n
K-9 Scout had recently completed his K-9 academy training and was prepared to begin active duty alongside his handler, Officer Matthew Grippo.\u00a0 Although he had just hit the streets, K-9 Scout had already shown exceptional promise, dedication, and enthusiasm throughout his training, according to the release.<\/p>\n
K9 Officer Scout (SUBMITTED)<\/p>\n
He was poised to become an outstanding asset to the department and the community he was set to serve.<\/p>\n
Despite rapid veterinary intervention at PennVet \u2013 the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, K-9 Scout\u2019s condition deteriorated quickly, police said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis loss has brought profound sadness to Officer Grippo and the entire Scranton Police Department,\u201d the department said in the\u00a0 release. \u201cK-9 Scout had just begun his journey, and his potential was evident from day one. He already was a valued part of our police family.\u201d<\/p>\n
Retired K-9 officer passes<\/p>\n
On Monday, the department announced the death of K-9 Officer Gunner, who was retired.<\/p>\n
K-9 Officer Gunner passed away at 10:30 Monday morning, in the arms of Scranton Police Officer Gerald Tallo, the department said in a release.<\/p>\n
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K-9 Officer Gunner (SUBMITTED)<\/p>\n
K9 Officer Gunner was trained in criminal investigation and narcotics, located over $1 million in drug seizures, assisted in the recovery of $500,000 cash and helped capture three fugitives.<\/p>\n
The release noted that he tracked one of those fugitives for two miles.<\/p>\n
\u201cGunner was a true dual-purpose K-9, serving from 2012 through his retirement in 2023. He was known throughout Lackawanna County as an immeasurable asset, and he will be missed,\u201d the release concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the second time in less than a week, the Scranton Police Department is mourning the death of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[202,201,182,139,28,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-58263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}