{"id":114066,"date":"2026-01-07T12:57:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/114066\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T12:57:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:57:43","slug":"texas-dps-k-9-vito-retires-after-years-of-service-north-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/114066\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas DPS K-9 Vito retires after years of service | North Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 After years of dedicated service, K-9 Vito is officially retiring from active duty, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety &#8211; West Texas Region. Vito has been instrumental in the removal of dangerous drugs and significant seizures.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career, Vito participated in 199 total stops, seizing 126 pounds of marijuana, 225 pounds of cocaine, and 32 pounds of methamphetamine. Additionally, he helped seize $585,969 in U.S. currency. His efforts, alongside Trooper Vargas, have made communities safer by removing harmful substances from the streets, stated the department.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you, Vito, for your tireless commitment to justice. Enjoy your well-deserved retirement,&#8221; the department expressed in their release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 After years of dedicated service, K-9 Vito is officially retiring from active duty, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,223,430],"class_list":["post-114066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-news","tag-north-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}