{"id":12789,"date":"2011-08-31T00:35:36","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T05:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=12789"},"modified":"2011-08-31T02:47:20","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T07:47:20","slug":"vwpd-k-9-unit-retiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/08\/31\/vwpd-k-9-unit-retiring\/","title":{"rendered":"VWPD K-9 unit retiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12790\" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/VWPD-K-9-Officer-Boroff-Lakkie-8-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>After nearly six years of service in the Van Wert Police Department\u2019s K-9 Unit, Officer Steve R. Boroff and his dog, Lakkie, are stepping down from the K-9 program, effective August 30, due to the age and health conditions of Lakkie. \u201cOn behalf of the department and the City of Van Wert, I would like to thank Officer Boroff and Lakkie for their years of service and dedication to the K9 unit,\u201d said Police Chief Joel Hammond. \u201cOfficer Boroff\u2019s experience, expertise, and professional demeanor as a K-9 handler contributed to the overall success of the department\u2019s program and will be missed.\u201d Lakkie will enjoy retirement with Officer Boroff and his family.<\/strong> <em>(VWPD photo)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12791\" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/VWPD-K-9-unit-Lakkie-8-2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"391\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly six years of service in the Van Wert Police Department\u2019s K-9 Unit, Officer Steve R. Boroff and his dog, Lakkie, are stepping down from the K-9 program, effective August 30, due to the age and health conditions of Lakkie. \u201cOn behalf of the department and the City of Van Wert, I would like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 15:30:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}