{"id":262203,"date":"2026-04-23T04:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/262203\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T04:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:19:17","slug":"dallas-police-honor-most-decorated-k-9-at-rare-retirement-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/262203\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas police honor most decorated K\u20119 at rare retirement ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A decorated member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/tag\/dallas-police-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dallas Police Department<\/a> received a hero&#8217;s sendoff Wednesday night as officers gathered to celebrate the retirement of Figor, a K\u20119 credited with one of the most courageous acts in the unit&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>The event at the Dallas Police Association is believed to be the first retirement party for a police dog held there. Figor \u2013 a 4\u2011year\u2011old Belgian Malinois \u2013 leaves the force as DPD&#8217;s most decorated K\u20119, earning the department&#8217;s Medal of Valor and the Star of Texas from Gov. Greg Abbott. His record includes 200 deployments and 16 apprehensions.<\/p>\n<p>But it was a night in April 2023 that cemented his legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Body camera video from that incident shows Figor and his handler, Senior Corporal Scott Jay, chasing a suspect wanted in an aggravated assault. Figor located the man hiding in a creek bed and was shot during the confrontation. Despite being wounded and bleeding heavily, he continued pursuing the suspect until officers were able to fatally shoot him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I knew that night that he had gone above and beyond to prove his devotion to me,&#8221; Jay said. &#8220;Because of his actions, I was able to get in and save both of our lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jd2.png#.png\" alt=\"jd2.png \" height=\"348\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Texas<\/p>\n<p>  A celebration fit for a hero<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s celebration included pet\u2011friendly cakes, toys, and gifts from fellow officers. Figor also performed one final demonstration of his takedown skills before settling in to enjoy his party treats.<\/p>\n<p>Figor will spend retirement with Jay and his family on their 20\u2011acre property in Ellis County \u2013 a peaceful end to a short but extraordinary law enforcement career.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During training, you could tell that there was a special bond that was growing between us,&#8221; Jay said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers said Figor&#8217;s service made the city safer \u2013 and left a lasting bite out of crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A decorated member of the Dallas Police Department received a hero&#8217;s sendoff Wednesday night as officers gathered to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,430,27],"class_list":{"0":"post-262203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-headlines","10":"tag-dallas-news","11":"tag-north-texas","12":"tag-texas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262203","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=262203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}