K9 Hero
Rondo
Vallejo Police Department — Vallejo, CA
Stabbed
German Shepherd
Service Record
End of Watch
July 29, 1997
The Vigil
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Age
8 years
Gender
Male
Weapon
Edged weapon
K9 Profile
Breed
German Shepherd
Cause
Stabbed
Agency
Department
Vallejo Police Department
Location
Vallejo, CA
Incident
K9 Rondo was stabbed to death while attempting to arrest a hit-and-run suspect.
Rondo had served with the Vallejo Police Department for four years and had assisted in more than 50 captures.
In 2000, Rondo's handler, Police Officer Jeffry Azuar, was shot and killed in the line of duty in an unrelated incident.
What is kept
Photographs, film, sound and papers — what survived a life.