K9 Hero
Cooper
Muskingum County Sheriff's Department — Zanesville, OH
Heatstroke
Labrador Retriever
Service Record
K9 Profile
Breed
Labrador Retriever
Cause
Heatstroke
Agency
Department
Muskingum County Sheriff's Department
Location
Zanesville, OH
Incident
K9 Cooper succumbed to heat exhaustion after being left in an unmarked police car.
The vehicle was left running, and K9 Cooper's handler believed the air conditioner was on. Because it was an unmarked patrol vehicle, it was not equipped with a temperature monitor.
K9 Cooper had served with the Muskingum County Sheriff's Department for over three years, assigned to the drug unit.
What is kept
Photographs, film, sound and papers — what survived a life.