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Omaha Steve

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Tue Jan 26, 2016, 04:29 PM Jan 2016

Memorial service for Omaha police dog will be Thursday


I will be there in my OPD civilian uniform as a retiree.

OS



OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT

Kobus was a 9-year-old Belgian Malinois who had served with the Omaha Police Department since 2008.


http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/memorial-service-for-omaha-police-dog-will-be-thursday/article_c079696c-c45d-11e5-a0af-5face85bf832.html

POSTED: TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2016 12:51 PM | UPDATED: 1:08 PM, TUE JAN 26, 2016.
By Kevin Cole / World-Herald staff writer

A memorial service for an Omaha Police Department service dog will be held Thursday at Christ Community Church.

Kobus, a 9-year-old Belgian Malinois, was fatally wounded Saturday during a standoff near 83rd Street and Keystone Drive.

Kobus had served as an Omaha police dog since 2008 was scheduled to retire in March. He was the first Omaha police dog killed since the unit was re-established in 1996.

The suspect in the standoff, Mark L’Heureux, 59, surrendered about 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Officials said he had fired at Douglas County sheriff’s deputies and killed Kobus about 4 p.m. Saturday.

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Memorial service for Omaha police dog will be Thursday (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jan 2016 OP
What a beautiful boy. narnian60 Jan 2016 #1
Thank you LibertyLover Jan 2016 #2
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