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K9 Barney | Tacoma Police Department, Washington
Tacoma Police Department, Washington

K9

Barney

Tacoma Police Department, Washington

End of Watch: Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Biographical Info

Age: 11
Tour of Duty: 9 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Poisoned
Date of Incident: March 24, 2015
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Arrested

K9 Barney died after inadvertently ingesting methamphetamine conducting a narcotics search as part of a search warrant at a storage unit in Puyallup.

Barney located unwrapped, powdered methamphetamine and ingested it after putting his nose on the substance. He was rushed to an emergency vet hospital where he remained until passing away the following night.

Three subjects were arrested and charged in connection with the narcotics trafficking case, which resulted in a seizure of 44 pounds of methamphetamine from the storage unit.

K9 Barney had served with the Tacoma Police Department for nine years.