St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office Mourns the Loss of K9 Officer
The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of a K9 Officer, Jace. The sheriff’s office released the following statement on its Facebook page.
“It is with heavy hearts today that we report K9 Jace was put to sleep for health reasons. Yesterday afternoon, SMPSO deputies and K9 deputies from Franklin P.D., Jeanerette Marshal’s Office, and Morgan City P.D. gave K9 Jace a Hero’s Escort and his handlers were by his side to comfort him.”
“๐ช๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ. ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ. ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐. ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ, ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ.” -๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ต
K9 Jace began his law enforcement career with the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office before coming to the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office three years ago. He assisted with countless arrests and was instrumental in locating narcotics many times. K9 Jace was responsible for the seizure of thousands of dollars of narcotics-related funds.
“K9 Jace helped us build our K9 Division by being one of the first additional K9s that Sheriff Blaise Smith added to the SMPSO. K9 Jace has helped build community relations by doing demos at schools, churches, and for the general public. He will be missed.” -Cpt. Chris Veillion, K9 Division
The sheriff’s office thanked K9 Jace for his loyal service.
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A memorial service is being planned to honor the life and faithful service of K9 Jace after the holidays. The details will be announced to the public.
