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Igor

Kissimmee Police Department — Kissimmee, FL

Heatstroke German Shepherd

Service Record

End of Watch April 21, 2015

Tour of Duty 1 years, 4 months

Age 4

Gender Male

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Breed German Shepherd

Cause Heatstroke

Agency

Department Kissimmee Police Department

Location Kissimmee, FL

Incident

K9 Igor died after accidentally being left in a patrol car at the city's automobile service center.

His handler had been issued a spare patrol car while his normal canine vehicle was in the shop. He returned to the shop at the end of the day and transferred his equipment to his normal vehicle but forgot to move Igor. He realized that Igor was still in the vehicle several hours later and discovered him deceased.

Igor had served with the Kissimmee Police Department for 16 months.