HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 04 K9 Retirement RecognitionDecember 5, 2011
Springfield Upbeat
K9 Retirement Recognition
K9 Cyrill:
• K9 Cyrill is a German Shepherd from the Czech Republic.
• He came to the Springfield Police Department in September of 2003 when he was just two years
old.
• Cyrill has served the department with Officer Daren Kendrick as his handler for all eight years of
his K9 career.
• During that time Cyrill was responsible for capturing 235 Criminals.
• He is responsible for $671,817.00 in property value recovered.
• Cyrill is responsible for capturing criminals who were the petty thief to Robbery suspects and a
murder suspect.
Memorable Capture: As with all the K9 teams, Cyrill and Officer Kendrick have a memorable capture.
That was when they were called to the town of Vida to locate three armed robbery suspects that Oregon
State Police had lost sight of. Cyrill was able to track one of the suspects to an island of the McKenzie
River. Just ten feet from the suspect, as he hid in the tall grass, he chose to jump in the River to try and
get away. He was soon plucked out by rescue boats when he was suffering from hypothermia. He was
later asked why he jumped in the river and he said he would rather take his chances in the water than deal
with Cyrill. As night fell the search for the other two was suspended. However, determination paid off
and a second suspect was located by the State Police as he was walking down the road. K9 Cyrill again
jumped into and searched the area. Cyrill indicated scent of a person in some nearby bushes. After
warnings were given and the person not giving up, Cyrill was sent into the bushes. Cyrill was able to pull
the third and final suspect out to the waiting handcuffs of assisting Troopers and Officers.
Cyrill will be missed as a partner for Officer Kendrick, but is adapting quickly to being a family pet,
something he has certainly earned. Cyrill's replacement, Tjenco, has some large "paws" to fill but he is up
for the task.
K9 Creck:
• K-9 Creck was born in the Czech Republic on 4-17-04. He then spent the next three years
training to become a police dog.
• In March of 2007 Creck made his way to Southern California where he waited amongst several
other dogs to be chosen by a police agency.
• Sgt. Charboneau along with Officer's Kendrick and Humphries chose K-9 Creck, as well as K-9
Bronko.
• Upon returning to Springfield K-9 Creck was partnered with then Officer Humphrie and began
working on 05-07-07. Officer Humphries worked with Creck until December 2008 when he was
promoted to detective.
• During his time With Officer Humphries Creck captured six suspects.
• K-9 Creck then moved in with Officer Del Castillo to continue his career catching bad guys
starting January 6, 2008.
• Over the last few years Officer DelCastillo and K-9 have worked together to capture 57 suspects.
Memorable Capture: One of Crecks most memorable captures came in February of 2009
when LCSO requested assistance with locating an armed robbery suspect that had robbed a market in
Marcola at gunpoint. K-9 Creck successfully tracked the suspect from the store, several blocks away to
the travel trailer he was staying in. The suspect was arrested and all the money was recovered. We all
know that Springfield Police has an excellent K-9 program and its that much more rewarding when we
can assist other agencies and show them just how good our K-9 program is.
Sadly in July of 2011 K-9 Creck began having problems using his beck legs. After extensive
testing Creck was diagnosed with Degenerative Myelopathy which is a condition where the protective
sheath around the spine deteriorates. There is no treatment for the condition which over time causes the
dog to lose complete control of the back half of his body. In October 2011 Creck had deteriorated to the
point that he could no long effectively do his job and was retired. Creck now lives at home with
Officer DelCastillo where he has become an inside dog and lounges around with the family.