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Smokey

Nowata Police Department — Nowata, OK

Struck by vehicle Labrador Retriever

Service Record

End of Watch August 28, 2018

Tour of Duty 1 years

Age 3

Gender Male

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Breed Labrador Retriever

Cause Struck by vehicle

Agency

Department Nowata Police Department

Location Nowata, OK

Incident

K9 Smokey was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer after an intoxicated woman let him out of his handler's patrol car on U.S. 169, just north of the Nowata Municipal Airport service road.

Smokey's handler encountered an intoxicated woman walking in the roadway. The woman approached his patrol car as he stopped to talk to her and opened the back door, allowing Smokey to jump out onto the roadway. Smokey was struck by the oncoming truck as his handler called him to return to the vehicle.

The woman was arrested and charged in connection with the incident.

K9 Smokey had served with the Nowata Police Department for one year.