{"id":3144,"date":"2025-11-29T13:18:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T13:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secondleashlife.com\/?p=3144"},"modified":"2025-12-03T12:27:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:27:34","slug":"police-k-9-retires-after-8-year-career-including-taking-bullet-to-neck-for-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondleashlife.com\/iteration1\/police-k-9-retires-after-8-year-career-including-taking-bullet-to-neck-for-owner\/","title":{"rendered":"Police K-9 retires after 8-year career, including taking bullet to neck for owner."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\">Apache, a police K-9 who served with the Indiana State Police for over eight years, officially retired after an honorable and heroic career. Partnered with Trooper Walter Butt since 2016, Apache once took a bullet to protect his handler during a 2017 shooting, recovered within three weeks, and returned to duty. Throughout his service, Apache helped seize over 950 pounds of illegal drugs, 167 firearms, and $1.6 million in drug money, and assisted in 84 criminal apprehensions. His work also included hundreds of traffic sniffs, warrant services, school and building searches, and tracking <a href=\"http:\/\/operations.to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">operations. To<\/a> honor his dedication, the department held a full retirement ceremony where Apache received his favorite treats and recognition before being given his final &#8220;10-42&#8221; marking the end of his duty. He will now enjoy retirement as a family pet with Trooper Butt and his family.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Read More:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Haworth, J. (2024, October 9). Police K-9 retires after 8-year career, including taking bullet to neck for owner. ABC News. <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/police-9-retires-after-8-year-career-including\/story?id=114630304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/police-9-retires-after-8-year-career-including\/story?id=114630304<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apache, a police K-9 who served with the Indiana State Police for over eight years, officially retired after an honorable and heroic career. Partnered with Trooper Walter Butt since 2016, Apache once took a bullet to protect his handler during a 2017 shooting, recovered within three weeks, and returned to duty. Throughout his service, Apache [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-success","category-stories"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Lean Dancel","author_link":"https:\/\/secondleashlife.com\/iteration1\/author\/lean-dancel\/"},"uagb_comment_info":1,"uagb_excerpt":"Apache, a police K-9 who served with the Indiana State Police for over eight years, officially retired after an honorable and heroic career. 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