Date of Passing: 
Friday, May 4, 2007

May 4, 2007: "Falco" passed away on Friday, May 4, 2007 in the presence of his handler, Greg Turney. "Falco" spent 7 years on the street with Greg Turney of the Leawood, Kansas Police Department. "Falco" was brought into the K-9 Unit in December 1999 and was partnered with Officer Turney. He performed 50 public demonstrations, made 465 narcotic searches, 89 tracks, 27 building searches, located 16 felony suspects, and located more than 100 pounds of hidden narcotics in two separates searches alone.

 

"A really companionable and indispensable dog is an accident of nature. You can't get it by breeding for it, and you can't buy it with money. It just happens along."
--E. B. White