Scotts Valley Police Department announces death of K-9 Atlas

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (KION) The Scotts Valley Police department lost one of its faithful K-9s on Friday.

The department said K-9 atlas died due to complications from ongoing medical issues. He had been evacuated twice and poor air quality from smoke contributed to his death.

Sgt. Polito took him to an emergency vet, and it was there that they found that he would not be able to recover.

"Atlas drifted off to sleep in Sgt. Polito’s arms one last time. Atlas served the citizens of Scotts Valley loyaly and faithfully from October of 2014 until today. He will be sorely missed and never forgotten," the department said in a social media post.