6/4/23 Oshkosh Police K9 Lando Put Down
4 June 2023 News
Oshkosh Police over the weekend announced the passing of Police K9 Lando. Lando became unexpectedly ill and it was discovered that he had an autoimmune disease. Medical staff tried to treat his illness, but he was not responding to treatments and had to be put down. The German Shepard was born on July 26th, 2016, and was acquired by Oshkosh Police in March of 2018. He was assigned to Officer Fettig and then Officer Martinez. K9 Lando was very successful during his career with over 1,437 hours of training, 151.5 certificate hours and 283 deployments. During those deployments he was responsible for the confiscation of a variety of illegal drugs, 3 guns, 1 bite apprehension, and nearly $26,000 in cash.
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