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Updated: 11:38 PM EDT June 30, 2021
SARASOTA, Fla. A Sarasota Police Department K-9, named Hixon, died this week following a brief illness, the agency said. He was 13.
The Belgian Malinois served from 2009-16 at the department as a patrol and narcotics dog alongside Office Sean Gleason. After his retirement in 2016, Hixon lived with Gleason s family.
The pair won top honors as the top K-9 team in the explosions and narcotics divisions at the Bomb and Drug Detection seminar in 2013. A year later, they took second place as the drug detection K-9 team, the department said.
Hixon also visited schools and other community groups as part of his day job.