Savannah-Chatham police mourn death of retired K-9 | savannahnow.com

One of the original K-9 officers for the current Savannah-Chatham police’s Canine unit died over the weekend.

Belgian Melinois Binky, who was known for his superb sniffing ability, died Saturday at the home of his original partner and handler Cpl. Amanda McGruder and his replacement Djieno, on Saturday, said Julian Miller, police spokesman.

He was 14 years old and had been living with McGruder and Djieno since his retirement in 2009.

Over his career that began when the Savannah Police Department launched its canine unit in 2001, Binky accumulated more than 330 arrests, had conducted 210 tracks and performed 172 searches for evidence, 820 for narcotics and 207 building searches.

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