Dio, Kansas City K9, dies in line of duty
About 1:45 a.m. Wednesday, Master Patrol Officer Ronald Jenkins and his dog, Dio, were looking for suspects in a possible copper theft in an abandoned building at 23rd and Jefferson, Kansas City police say.
They tracked down three men to the roof of the three-story building, and somehow, Dio either accidentally ran off the roof or was pushed by a suspect. (Dio had run ahead of his handler.)
Dio, a Belgian Malinois, was four years old and had worked with Jenkins about 18 months. The dog, who worked in patrol and narcotics, will be cremated. Kansas City had another K9 killed in the line of duty in 1991, when a dog named Star was shot and killed.
Posted by James Hart on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at 01:05
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Last Edited: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2007, 2:22 PM CDT
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A four-year-old police dog died in the pursuit of three burglary suspects in Kansas City early today.
Officer Ronald Jenkins and his dog -- Dio -- responded to a report that three were stripping copper inside a vacant building. Their search led them to the building's rooftop, where they found the three suspects and saw Dio dead in the parking lot.
It appeared that the dog had fallen from the three-story roof, but it wasn't clear if the dog had overrun the edge or if he was pushed off by the suspects.
Dio -- a Belgian Malinous trained in patrol and narcotics -- had been assigned to Jenkins for a year and a half. Jenkins has requested that the dog be cremated.
This was the first time a KCPD canine died in the line of duty since Star, a German Shepherd, was shot and killed in 1991.
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