K9 Hero
Sara
Iowa Motor Vehicle Enforcement — Des Moines, IA
Struck by vehicle
Belgian Malinois
Service Record
K9 Profile
Breed
Belgian Malinois
Cause
Struck by vehicle
Agency
Department
Iowa Motor Vehicle Enforcement
Location
Des Moines, IA
Incident
K9 Sara was struck and killed as she and her handler conducted a criminal interdiction search of a commercial vehicle on the shoulder of I-80, in western Iowa.
Sara had served with the Iowa Motor Vehicle Enforcement for 11 months and had been responsible for multiple narcotics and cash seizures.
What is kept
Photographs, film, sound and papers — what survived a life.