Dog Squad TV series, and police said she was also a famous Police Dog Trust Calendar girl.
Sergeant Rota moved to Gisborne and for the past 12 months she worked with Senior Constable Sam Bennett.
After retiring three weeks ago she moved to Gisborne to live with Rota, for what police said was supposed to be a happy retirement . Sadly, that came to an end on Friday when Dakota became very unwell, was taken to the vets and died last night, the Facebook post said. She had been diagnosed with Addison s disease several years ago but this was managed with medication and it didn t stop her from leading a very active operational patrol dog life.