Chae wrote: “It was service dog funeral right outside of the animal hospital”
From MPD:
“The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) regrets to announce the passing of K9 Rocket, a long time explosives detection dog assigned to our Special Operations Division. The seven-year old Malinois Shepherd was found deceased by his handler inside of a marked MPD K9 vehicle on late Monday morning. The vehicle was parked, secured and idling in the 2800 block of New York Avenue, Northeast. This tragic incident is currently under investigation to determine the circumstances that led up to the dog’s death.
All K9 vehicles at MPD are equipped with a temperature monitoring and alarm system that should activate when the interior environment of the vehicle exceeds a safe temperature. A full inspection of the vehicle is being conducted to determine if the system malfunctioned.”
Thanks to a reader for passing on from Marie Reed Elementary School:
“Good morning families! There is a service for a police K9 dog close to the intersection of 18th and Florida Ave. that is causing traffic to our school. There is police cars in the intersection but school premises are safe and cleared.”
18th street in Adams Morgan https://t.co/sU1PuKqU6C
— PoPville (@PoPville) September 21, 2022