{"id":2308,"date":"2020-11-19T02:15:06","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T07:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/?p=2308"},"modified":"2020-11-19T02:15:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T07:15:08","slug":"lavergne-k-9-officer-sjaak-killed-in-the-line-of-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/?p=2308","title":{"rendered":"Lavergne K-9 Officer Sjaak Killed in the Line of Duty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday evening Dee and I had to take our dog Mr. Barnaby to the vet. When we arrived, we noticed many police cars from numerous agencies in the parking lot. In addition, there were a large number of officers and deputies present, with most of them in a circle talking together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right away, Dee understood the situation. She had heard that early in the day, a local K-9 officer \u2013 a Belgian Malinois named Sjaak \u2013 had been shot. A man drove up alongside the police vehicle Sjaak was riding in on Murfreesboro Road and opened fire on Officer Justin Darby, who was uninjured. After a high speed chase, the shooter was killed in a shoot-out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was only after the shoot-out that Officer Darby discovered his K-9 partner had been shot and he was rushed to Murfreesboro Animal Hospital to undergo surgery. Sadly, Sjaak did not survive. As with most K-9 officers, Sjaak had chosen his human partner and they were closely bonded. They had served together for six years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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K-9 Officer Sjaak of the LaVergne, Tennessee Police Dept.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We watched from our car as the officers were informed and as they comforted one another in their loss. The K-9 officers who serve our communities are much loved by their human partners and these dogs love their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We live in the midst of wickedness and it\u2019s a tough time to serve in law enforcement. Mindless and evil incidents like the death of K-9 Officer Sjaak should remind us that these men and women and their partner K-9 officers are here to serve and protect. They deserve our thanks, our support, and our admiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a9 Jeffery J. Michaels \/ Plain English Publications 2020
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Yesterday evening Dee and I had to take our dog Mr. Barnaby to the vet. When we arrived, we noticed many police cars from numerous agencies in the parking lot. In addition, there were a large number of officers and deputies present, with most of them in a circle talking together. Right away, Dee understood … Continue reading Lavergne K-9 Officer Sjaak Killed in the Line of Duty<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2308"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2313,"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308\/revisions\/2313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}