K9 Roll of Honor
K9 Hero
Totti
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
— Mechanicsburg, PA
Heatstroke
Labrador Retriever
Service Record
End of Watch
July 7, 2016
Age
2
K9 Profile
Breed
Labrador Retriever
Cause
Heatstroke
Agency
Department
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Location
Mechanicsburg, PA
Incident
K9 Totti died after accidentally being left inside of a vehicle following a training exercise at State Correctional Institute Rockview in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
Totti's handler had placed training items inside the vehicle. Approximately two hours later he realized that Totti was still int he car and returned to it. He attempted to cool Totti and then took the dog to a veterinary clinic, where Totti died several hours later.
Totti was assigned to the Pennsylvania Department Correction's Drug Interdiction Unit.