K9 Hero

Barney

Tacoma Police Department — Tacoma, WA

Poisoned Labrador Retriever

Service Record

End of Watch March 25, 2015

Tour of Duty 9 years

Age 11

Gender Male

K9 Profile

Breed Labrador Retriever

Cause Poisoned

Agency

Department Tacoma Police Department

Location Tacoma, WA

Incident

K9 Barney died after inadvertently ingesting methamphetamine conducting a narcotics search as part of a search warrant at a storage unit in Puyallup.

Barney located unwrapped, powdered methamphetamine and ingested it after putting his nose on the substance. He was rushed to an emergency vet hospital where he remained until passing away the following night.

Three subjects were arrested and charged in connection with the narcotics trafficking case, which resulted in a seizure of 44 pounds of methamphetamine from the storage unit.

K9 Barney had served with the Tacoma Police Department for nine years.