{"id":454636,"date":"2025-12-18T02:40:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T02:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/454636\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T02:40:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T02:40:18","slug":"meet-coco-mcaos-newest-k-9-victim-advocate-for-emotional-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/454636\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Coco: MCAO\u2019s newest K-9 victim advocate for emotional support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5g9bip97d4bxwugx.png\" alt=\"MCAO expands K-9 program with Coco\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/video\/1757753\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MCAO expands K-9 program with Coco<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">The Maricopa County Attorney&#8217;s Office welcomed K-9 Coco who will provide emotional support for victims during court hearings or trials.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><strong>PHOENIX<\/strong> &#8211; The Maricopa County Attorney&#8217;s Office welcomed K-9 Coco who will provide emotional support for victims during court hearings or trials.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">&#8220;Today, we introduced our newest (and possibly most popular) employee: a four-year-old golden retriever named Coco!&#8221; MCAO said on Dec. 17.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The office says supporting victims of crimes is at the heart of its mission, and Coco will play a key role.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">&#8220;As a K9 Victim Advocate, Coco is always ready to lend a helping paw and provide emotional support to victims during court hearings or trial,&#8221; MCAO said. &#8220;We are thrilled to welcome her to our team and know her work will make a real difference for victims.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Already, MCAO has <a href=\"https:\/\/maricopacountyattorney.org\/197\/K9-Victim-Support-Program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>K9s Elle and Morgan<\/strong><\/a> who work with victims of crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Still taken from a video posted by the Maricopa County Attorney&#8217;s Office as it introduces its newest K9, Coco. <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maricopacountyattorney.org\/35\/Victims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> for more resources for victims of crimes.<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/us\/az\/maricopa-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maricopa County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/pets-animals\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pets and Animals<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MCAO expands K-9 program with Coco The Maricopa County Attorney&#8217;s Office welcomed K-9 Coco who will provide emotional&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":454637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,6082,1588,50,8047,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-454636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-crime-publicsafety","12":"tag-maricopa-county","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-pets-animals","15":"tag-phoenix","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115738262824481619","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}