{"id":66044,"date":"2025-12-20T11:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T11:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/66044\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T11:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T11:36:09","slug":"scranton-pd-mourns-loss-of-2-k-9s-in-same-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/66044\/","title":{"rendered":"Scranton PD mourns loss of 2 K-9s in same week"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Geraldine Gibbons
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.<\/p>\n

SCRANTON, Pa. \u2014 For 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. 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

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 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

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

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

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\n Lexington Officer Kaitlin Crook, 25, was killed in a shooting that also injured her estranged husband, an off-duty firefighter, and her boyfriend, police said\n <\/p>\n

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\n Despite needing to undergo dialysis for nine hours every day, Derek Williams said he has been cleared for light-duty work, but Mt. Vernon PD instead sent him a letter of termination\n <\/p>\n

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\n The Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act recognizes occupational cancer as a line-of-duty death for public safety officers, clearing the way for expanded federal benefits\n <\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2025 The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pa.). Visit thetimes-tribune.com<\/a>.
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December 15, 2025 04:59 PM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Geraldine GibbonsThe Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. SCRANTON, Pa. \u2014 For the second time in less than a week,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-66044","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66044","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=66044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}