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Canfield Police Sgt. Kyle Young along with his canine associate, Cutrona, stands in reverence with Canfield officer Aaron Young and his spouse and Niles officer Jenn Young, who’re all holding again tears for the lack of canine officer Nix.
CANFIELD — More than 100 police automobiles (76 marked items and 24 unmarked) joined a memorial procession from the Canfield Fairgrounds to Fair Park on Tuesday for a service to recollect Canfield canine officer Nix, who died Nov. 13.
According to police Chief Chuck Colucci, Nix was born on July 3, 2019, in Slovakia. The purebred German Shepherd made the journey to Shallow Creek Kennels in western Pennsylvania, the place he grew to become the associate of Officer Aaron Young in October 2020.
Nix was skilled in drug enforcement. He served nicely over the previous three years and and helped take away plenty of medication from the streets, Colucci mentioned.
In his off hours, Nix loved time with Aaron, his spouse Jenn Young who serves as a Niles police officer, and the Young’s twin women. His favourite toy was a Kong ball.
Colucci gave an account of what occurred to Nix on the recent Canfield City council assembly. He instructed councilmen that Nix had a typical day on Nov. 12 and that night he curled up in his mattress and went to sleep. On the morning of Nov. 13, Young discovered his associate in ache with a abdomen that was twice the conventional measurement. Nix was a sufferer of bloat, which is when a canine’s abdomen fills with fuel that causes it to develop and put stress on different organs. In some circumstances, the canine’s abdomen might rotate or twist, requiring emergency therapy.
Colucci mentioned Young rushed Nix to Akron for emergency surgical procedure, however the canine didn’t survive the surgical procedure.
On Tuesday, Aaron, accompanied by Jenn, carried Nix’s ashes and unfold them round a young tree planted within the K9 Memorial Grove at Fair Park. Nix will be a part of Canfield canine officer Thor, who was the primary canine officer to be honored on the park.
The service started with a memorial caravan of 76 marked and 24 unmarked autos that began on the Canfield Fairgrounds and proceeded across the Village Green and ended up at Fair Park. Police items got here from throughout Northeast Ohio to pay tribute to Nix. Most have been canine items with their very own canine companions driving alongside.
Colucci mentioned Young needs to proceed to function a canine officer and already has one other canine picked out at Shallow Creek Kennels.
“Aaron will start training in January and the new canine officer should be in service around February or March,” Colucci mentioned. “And the dog is fully funded.”
He mentioned Canfield Rotary and Christine Oliver’s Back the Blue Organization have contributed $14,500 to cowl the cost of a brand new canine.
Sometime within the spring, a stone marker might be placed on the tree to without end keep in mind Nix.
Canfield presently has two different lively canine groups that embody Aaron’s brother, Sgt. Kyle Young and Cutrona, and Officer Chad DeBarr and Rocky.
