K9 Hero
Caesar
Lancaster Police Department — Lancaster, PA
Struck by vehicle
German Shepherd
Service Record
K9 Profile
Breed
German Shepherd
Cause
Struck by vehicle
Agency
Department
Lancaster Police Department
Location
Lancaster, PA
Incident
K9 Caesar was struck and killed by a vehicle while chasing a stray dog at Long's Park on Harrisburg Pike.
K9 Caesar and his partner had gone to the park for exercise when he darted from his partner when he opened the back door of the police vehicle. As K9 Caesar returned to his partner after being called, he was struck by a vehicle and killed.
K9 Caesar served with the Lancaster Police Department for ten months. He was buried with police honors at the K9 Training grounds where K9 Caesar trained with his handler on New Danville Pike.
What is kept
Photographs, film, sound and papers — what survived a life.