K-9 Sari Memorial Site

The K-9 team was on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week and operated throughout the township. The team was available to assist other agencies and did so often within the southwest Pennsylvania region.

The police work dog team was able to:

• track and find wanted criminals or missing persons in urban, rural or rugged wooded areas;
• search all types of buildings for criminals in hiding;
• search for evidence or property connected with a crime;
• search for illegal drugs that have been hidden;
• chase and apprehend criminals escaping arrest who may be armed and dangerous;
• act as a deterrent and back up in dangerous situations such as fights, riots and disturbances;
• provide high profile foot patrols of places such as schools, shopping complexes and parks.

K-9 Sari retired in June 2003 after working for 7 years and 10 months and enjoyed the final months of his life at home with his handler and family, which included a female German Shepherd dog and two Maine Coon cats. He died on July 26, 2004 from Degenerative Myelopathy. His spinal cord degenerated from the tail forward and finally paralyzed him.

Sari was a remarkable dog and is greatly missed by his handler. Sari was the best partner he ever had in his law enforcement career. Persons fluent in the Slovak language have said that Sari is a nickname for Sarik, which means a wonder dog or super dog who does many things very well. That so very well described Sari!

This site is dedicated to the memory of K-9 Sari.