Sheriff's Office Honors K9 Service Dogs at Ceremony
Three law enforcement dogs were laid to rest Tuesday at Curlew Hills Memory Gardens
Dozens of police officers and their families, plus local citizens and animal lovers gathered at Curlew Hills Memory Gardens in Palm Harbor on Tuesday to honor three former members of the area’s K9 service units. The three canines were laid to rest in a special section of the Curlew Road cemetery called the Garden of Heroes, where the remains of 46 former K9 law enforcement dogs are buried. The ceremony, the sixth such memorial at Curlew Hills, was the idea of President and CEO Keenan Knopke, who covers the burial expenses for all the K9 service dogs, regardless of how or when they passed. “We always talk about us, but we never talk about the service that these dogs do every day,” Knopke said prior to the ceremony. “They protect us, they…
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