Crime & Safety

K9 Brox Retires After Years Of Service To North Coventry

K9 Brox will now get to enjoy a well-earned retirement

K9 Brox, pictured above, has officially retired.
K9 Brox, pictured above, has officially retired. (North Coventry Police)

NORTH COVENTRY, PA — North Coventry's K9 Brox has officially retired after years of service to the community, the police department announced Wednesday.

Brox will now have the chance to enjoy life without work alongside his handler, Officer Jesse Smith.

North Coventry K9s assist the township and neighboring communities in public relations work, lost persons searches, suspect tracking, and narctorics detection, not to mention providing additional security for officers on patrol.

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The police department is looking to set up a new K9 unit and they are asking for the public's help in establishing it.

A GoFundMe campaign has been launched, and information on the campaign can be accessed here.

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