A police dog that passed away earlier this month in the heat while chasing a felon was memorialized today by the Little Rock Police Department and other community members at the Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock.
Titus, the first LRPD dog to die on duty, became over-heated chasing a felon on July 15, according to LPRD spokesman Lieutenant Steve McClanahan. He said Titus had served the department for three years.
“We had a huge turnout at our memorial services for K-9 Titus,” he said. “It was a full house there in the fellowship hall. We did a procession with the dogs from other agencies and our agency.”
The service was attended by Titus’s handler and his wife and daughter who housed the dog.
The LRPD has not answered KUAR's requests from mid-July for information about policies on the treatment and health maintenance of dogs. According to Lt. McClanahan, LRPD dogs are seen by a vet at least once a year and are kept in a temperature-controlled portion of police vehicles.
