{"id":2946,"date":"2020-11-02T11:42:21","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T17:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=2946"},"modified":"2020-11-02T11:50:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T17:50:26","slug":"k-9-officer-odin-retires-from-the-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/02\/k-9-officer-odin-retires-from-the-force\/","title":{"rendered":"K-9 Officer Odin retires from the force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/TESTDog1102-740x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2952\" width=\"469\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/TESTDog1102-740x1024.png 740w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/TESTDog1102-217x300.png 217w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/TESTDog1102-768x1063.png 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/TESTDog1102-1110x1536.png 1110w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/TESTDog1102-1480x2048.png 1480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><figcaption>K-9 Officer Odin (left) with handler Sgt. Molly Ralph at the retirement ceremony on Oct. 21. In which Odin was officially adopted by Ralph. This ceremony also acted as a goodbye to Ralph as she and Odin will be moving to San Antonio. COURTESY PHOTO BY DAVID PIKE\/UNIVERSITY MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Dog1102-Correction.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">After nine years of service and duty in the UTRGV Police Department, K-9 Officer Odin is finally going into a well-deserved retirement, and his fellow officers made sure to give him an equally deserved send-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Odin was one of the three K-9 units, part of the UTRGV Police Department for both the Edinburg and Brownsville campuses. He specialized in narcotic detection and had been on campus since 2011 with legacy institution University of Texas Pan-American.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Assistant Chief of Police Van Slusser, the decision to retire Odin was made due to the development of arthritis that comes with a dog\u2019s age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cOnce we saw that the arthritis was starting to set in, we decided it&#8217;s time to retire him before\u2026 we get to a point of chronic pain,\u201d Slusser said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Odin was given a retirement ceremony on Oct. 21 in which he was officially adopted by his handler, Sgt. Molly Ralph. 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