{"id":419,"date":"2023-07-06T15:28:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T15:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=419"},"modified":"2023-07-06T15:28:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T15:28:22","slug":"officer-says-final-goodbye-to-k9-dog-axel-his-partner-and-pet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=419","title":{"rendered":"Officer says final goodbye to K9 dog Axel, his partner and pet.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>K9 dogs are an invaluable part of the police force and do an incredible job saving people and keeping their communities safe, putting their lives on the line in the same way that their human partners do.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>These dogs become cherished members of any police force, but their most important bond is with their handlers.<\/p>\n<p>They are not only partners on the job, protecting each other in the line of duty, but they are also friends off the job: most handlers keep their dogs as pets.<\/p>\n<p>That was the case for Officer Decristoforo of the Central Falls Police Department and his K9 partner Axel. Sadly, the police dog recently passed away\u2026 and a heartbreaking photo shows just how much the loss meant to the officer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div id=\"container-e7eed5cee297c8c66f6dc1971477bc80\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Axel passed away last month, just a few years after retiring from the police force.He was living with his ex-girlfriend, who had adopted him.Friends of Central Fall Animals, a local nonprofit animal group, paid tribute to the dog, praising him as an excellent officer.\u201dAxel was all business on the streets,\u201d according to the post.\u201dHe did a fantastic job of keeping the streets safe, and he always made sure our officers were safe, no matter how dangerous the situation was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe post also discusses Axel\u2019s friendship with Officer Decristoforo.\u201dHe would not have hesitated to give his life to save the life of a fellow officer, particularly his partner,\u201d according to the post.\u201dThese two were instantly best friends who were sure to have each other\u2019s back.\u201dWith the officer\u2019s permission, they also shared a devastating photo of Decristoforo with Axel in his final moments:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2174\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeanimalss.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/%D9%81%DB%B4%DB%B3%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AF.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t find the right words to describe Officer Decristoforo\u2019s love for Axel, but I know he\u2019s broken right now by the loss of his other half,\u201d Friends of Central Falls Animals wrote.It\u2019s clear that the two officers adored each other, and their bond is unbreakable.\u201dThe bond between a Police K9 and his partner can never be broken, not even in death,\u201d according to the post.\u201dK9 Axel may no longer be physically present at Officer Decristoforo\u2019s side, but he will always be watching over him, and in his own way ensuring that he ends each shift safely, just as he did when they were out there together keeping the streets safe!\u201dAxel, rest in peace.We know your partner and all the officers you worked with will remember you fondly.Your shift has ended.Let us honor this devoted K9 and his companion by sharing this lovely photo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2175\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeanimalss.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/%DB%B6%DB%B5%DB%B4%DB%B6%DB%B6%DA%AF%D9%81%DA%AF-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>K9 dogs are an invaluable part of the police force and do an incredible job&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-viral"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":63,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}