{"id":746825,"date":"2026-04-23T04:05:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/746825\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T04:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:05:30","slug":"dallas-police-honor-most-decorated-k-9-at-rare-retirement-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/746825\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas police honor most decorated K\u20119 at rare retirement ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A decorated member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/tag\/dallas-police-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dallas Police Department<\/a> received a hero&#8217;s sendoff Wednesday night as officers gathered to celebrate the retirement of Figor, a K\u20119 credited with one of the most courageous acts in the unit&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>The event at the Dallas Police Association is believed to be the first retirement party for a police dog held there. Figor \u2013 a 4\u2011year\u2011old Belgian Malinois \u2013 leaves the force as DPD&#8217;s most decorated K\u20119, earning the department&#8217;s Medal of Valor and the Star of Texas from Gov. Greg Abbott. His record includes 200 deployments and 16 apprehensions.<\/p>\n<p>But it was a night in April 2023 that cemented his legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Body camera video from that incident shows Figor and his handler, Senior Corporal Scott Jay, chasing a suspect wanted in an aggravated assault. Figor located the man hiding in a creek bed and was shot during the confrontation. Despite being wounded and bleeding heavily, he continued pursuing the suspect until officers were able to fatally shoot him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I knew that night that he had gone above and beyond to prove his devotion to me,&#8221; Jay said. &#8220;Because of his actions, I was able to get in and save both of our lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jd2.png#.png\" alt=\"jd2.png \" height=\"348\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Texas<\/p>\n<p>  A celebration fit for a hero<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s celebration included pet\u2011friendly cakes, toys, and gifts from fellow officers. Figor also performed one final demonstration of his takedown skills before settling in to enjoy his party treats.<\/p>\n<p>Figor will spend retirement with Jay and his family on their 20\u2011acre property in Ellis County \u2013 a peaceful end to a short but extraordinary law enforcement career.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During training, you could tell that there was a special bond that was growing between us,&#8221; Jay said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers said Figor&#8217;s service made the city safer \u2013 and left a lasting bite out of crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A decorated member of the Dallas Police Department received a hero&#8217;s sendoff Wednesday night as officers gathered to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":746826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,8963,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-746825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-north-texas","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116452047927455082","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746825","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=746825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}