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LAKEWOOD — Police dog Rocky died Wednesday night after a battle with prostate cancer, nearly six years to the day after he was wounded by an armed burglar in the line of duty.
“It’s the worst day of my life,” Rocky’s partner, patrol Officer Darren Maurer, said Thursday. “He was a great dog.”
Rocky had made national news in August 2002 when he chased down the burglar, took a bullet and helped capture the 20-year-old assailant.
The dog, a 9-year-old Dutch shepherd, was born in Holland. Maurer had taken care of him since he was year and a half old.
Rocky served the Lakewood Police Department for six years until he retired with fanfare on Jan. 1, 2007. Since then, Rocky had enjoyed a life of pure leisure at Maurer’s house.
