K9 Hero

Rocky

Niagara County Sheriff's Office — Lockport, NY

Fall German Shepherd

Service Record

End of Watch December 4, 2011

Tour of Duty 1 years, 6 months

Age 2

Gender Male

K9 Profile

Breed German Shepherd

Cause Fall

Agency

Department Niagara County Sheriff's Office

Location Lockport, NY

Incident

K9 Rocky died after falling from a rooftop as he and his handler searched for burglary suspects in the 500 block of 6th Street in Niagara Falls.

Rocky had been deployed inside the building off-leash. As they searched the rooftop area he jumped over a 3-foot retaining wall and fell to the ground 60-feet below.

One of the three suspects they were searching for was arrested.