Hialeah Police Department, Florida
End of Watch: Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Heatstroke
Date of Incident: May 27, 2015
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
K9 Jimmy and K9 Hector died of heat exhaustion after accidentally being left in their handler's vehicle following his shift and a callout to assist a neighboring agency.
Their handler had completed his midnight shift when the other agency requested Jimmy to conduct a track of a critically missing person. Following the search the handler returned home. Approximately nine hour later he discovered that Hector and Jimmy had been left in the back of the department vehicle and were both deceased.