Law Enforcement K9 Association

09/26/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19gdThfZeh/

09/25/2026

So sad

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1F4cD14dP2/?mibextid=wwXIfr

09/07/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Dh3Mn8omL/

K9 DEATH: The
Cocoa Police Department, FL sadly announced the heartbreaking loss of 7-year-old K9 Draco, who died after collapsing during training. 🇺🇸

08/30/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/1UBiot821T/?mibextid=wwXIfr

𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐉𝐎𝐑 𝐍𝐂 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐒𝐇𝐔𝐍 𝐑𝐎𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑 — 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐃

Three of North Carolina's largest law enforcement organizations looked at Democrat Roy Cooper's record — and picked his Republican rival instead. The NC Fraternal Order of Police, the NC Police Benevolent Association, and the NC Troopers Association have all endorsed Michael Whatley for U.S. Senate, leaving the former governor with 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 in his own state. “𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 100 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘖𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦… 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘋𝘊,” said FOP President Chet Effler.

The rejection stings hardest coming from the NC Troopers Association, which represents the state Highway Patrol — the very officers who reported directly to Cooper for eight years as governor. The men and women who worked under him longest know his record best, and they picked someone else.

The Police Benevolent Association, the largest of the three groups, didn't take the decision lightly — it interviewed both candidates before siding with Whatley. “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦… 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 24 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘙𝘰𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳… 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦,” said PBA President David Rose.

Cooper wants voters to believe he kept violent offenders locked up. The receipts say otherwise: in 2021 he signed a legally-binding settlement making North Carolina the only state in the country compelled to free convicted criminals en masse — releasing roughly 3,500 inmates in what state records call the 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. Not even blue-state governors in Colorado, Illinois, or New Jersey agreed to anything like it.

North Carolina's own Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission later found a 𝟒𝟖 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 among those releases — higher than the already troubling 44 percent rate for other inmates freed that same year. The fallout landed in Charlotte, where the family of Iryna Zarutska is now suing the city over her m∗rder, arguing the soft-on-crime policies Cooper's Mecklenburg County adopted — cashless bail, reduced charges for violent offenders — made her death preventable. Cooper's own troopers didn't need a lawsuit to reach that conclusion.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

08/24/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AX3gMSMKW/

08/19/2026

Wow!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Cg2dujofv/

🚨 ANOTHER K-9. ANOTHER POLICE VEHICLE. ANOTHER INVESTIGATION.

Today we learned of another heartbreaking loss in the law-enforcement K-9 community.

K-9 Blue of the Charlottesville Police Department was found unresponsive inside a police vehicle at his handler’s home on August 16. Blue was later pronounced deceased. Virginia State Police are now investigating.

Blue specialized in tracking and had served with the department since joining as a four-month-old puppy in 2023.

We do not yet know exactly what happened to Blue, and we will not speculate while the investigation is underway.

But we WILL ask the question:

How many working K-9s have to die in or around law-enforcement vehicles before agencies across this country recognize that policies, safeguards, alarms, accountability, and transparency matter?

Just over two months ago, Pitt County K-9 Chilli died after being left in a patrol vehicle.

Now another community is waiting for answers about another K-9 found unresponsive in a police vehicle.

This is exactly why Chilli’s Voice cannot end with Chilli.

Chilli is the reason we started.

Every working K-9 who cannot speak for themselves is the reason we continue.

We extend our deepest sympathy to everyone who loved K-9 Blue and to the Charlottesville community. We also hope the Virginia State Police investigation provides the public with a complete and transparent account of what happened.

For Chilli. For Blue. For every K-9 who serves without a voice. 🐾💙