By Police1 Staff
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Little Rock Police Department gave a K-9 a hero’s send-off before he was put down after a battle with cancer.
Ten-year-old K-9 Arco joined the force in 2013 after serving as a military K-9 in Afghanistan for half a year with the Marine Special Operations Command, WFLA reported.
Arco and K-9 Handler Pat Hall worked with the SWAT team and visited schools to show students how K-9s work with police.
According to the news station, Arco’s family discovered he had a progressive form of terminal cancer. They decided to put him down Friday.
Arco received a final ride in a patrol car and was saluted as he walked into the veterinarian’s office.
The department wrote in a tweet that K-9 Arco will “be missed by lots of people.”
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