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It's never easy when someone loses a dog... but this case is so much more than that.

One of the the Utica Police Department’s four-legged officers will be getting some new equipment. K9 “Dak” will be getting a new bullet and stab proof protective vest.

K9 Officers serve a special role in law enforcement, and Deming left a huge impact on all of those he served with.

The Rome Police Department is eliminating its K9 units. Effective New Year's Day 2022, Arko and Spock will no longer serve the Rome PD.

The two have undergone extensive training in a number of areas to prepare them for life on the K9 team.

Drago graduated from the Police Academy with his handler, Deputy Jeff Neal, back in 2014, according to Syracuse.com, when he was just 16-months-old.

K9 Rudd, named after a Rome New York State Police officer who died in a tragic accident in 1925, rescued a missing child in the woods.

Here's more proof that we don't deserve dogs. This good girl named Shay is a K-9 officer with the New York State Police, and she's really good at her job.

Litale wants to be a police officer when she grows up, and her commitment to her community has showed just why she'd be perfect for the job.