K9 Triton Loses Battle With Cancer, Will Be Missed

By  //  November 3, 2013

with brevard county sheriff's office since 2009

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA — This past week our Brevard County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Triton lost his battle to Lymph Node Cancer at the very young age of 5 years old.

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This past week our Brevard County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Triton lost his battle to Lymph Node Cancer at the very young age of 5 years old. (BCSO image)

Triton began his career with our agency in November of 2009 and was partnered with his Handler, Deputy Brian Sheaffer who remained with Triton throughout his career.

During his time with our agency, Triton served the citizens of Brevard County by helping to keep criminals off our streets and protecting our Deputies during calls for service.

Triton served as a dual purpose K-9 by being certified in both Patrol Techniques and Drug Detection. Triton will be truly missed by our agency and our thoughts and prayers are with Brian and his family who not only lost a partner but a friend as well.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey has been a law enforcement officer for over three decades. Sheriff Ivey is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has a Bachelor’s Degree from Daytona State College in Management and Supervision. Sheriff Ivey’s background in law enforcement is inclusive of Management, Criminal Investigations, Narcotics, Patrol Services, Public Integrity Investigations, and Corrections.

Sheriff Wayne Ivey

Prior to being elected in 2012, Sheriff Ivey served the citizens of the State of Florida as a Resident Agent in Charge for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. As a member of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Sheriff Ivey developed and created the country’s first ever statewide Task Force on Identity Theft.

That same year the Task Force was named one of the top five most innovative programs in the country by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and investigated approximately 44 million dollars in fraud cases.

Additionally, as a member of FDLE, Sheriff Ivey created the Child Abduction Response Team (C.A.R.T) that re-defined the way Child Abduction cases are conducted throughout the country today. The program was later selected as the most innovative program in the country by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and is now used as a nationwide model in the response and investigation of child abductions.

Sheriff Ivey has testified before the United States Congress on law enforcement related matters and has extensive experience in the area of Public Integrity Investigations. Sheriff Ivey was honored as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Special Agent of the Year (1996) and was also recognized by the Commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for his Outstanding Contributions to Criminal Justice. In August of 2011 Sheriff Ivey was honored by the National Organization of Victims Advocacy for his work at the national level as an advocate of victim’s rights and protection.

Sheriff Ivey speaks regularly on topics such as Identity Theft, Crime in America, Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Self Defense through Mental Preparedness. Sheriff Ivey firmly believes that Crime Prevention and Education are vital to reduce our crime rate and protect our community.