Retired Michigan K9 ‘responsible for more captures than any other K9′ in department’s history dies He retired in 2021
Retired K9 Quinn (East Lansing Police Department)
EAST LANSING, Mich. – A Michigan police department is mourning the loss of a retired K9.
Retired K9 Quinn, who started working for the East Lansing Police Department in 2013 with his handler, died at 13 years old.
Quinn was also assigned to the Ingham County SRT from 2015 to 2020 with his handler, Lt. Travis Bove.
The East Lansing Police Department said Quinn had numerous successful tracks for missing children, suspects wanted in crime, article searches and narcotics seizures. He retired in 2021.
“K9 Quinn and Lt. Bove were responsible for more captures than any other K9 team in ELPD history and their successes continue to live on,” wrote the police department on Facebook . “Rest in Peace, K9 Quinn.”
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