K9 Otto

In late June of 2005, K-9 Otto was killed in a car accident. K-9 Otto served the Tallapoosa Police Department in Tallapoosa Georgia from August 2004 until his untimely death. He was a full patrol K-9 used county wide by multiple agencies. On their second night on patrol, K-9 Otto and his handler, Sgt. Brian Rutherford, were called out to help the local sheriff's office on a missing persons call. Sgt Rutherford and Otto were able to assist in determining the location of a missing elderly person with Alzheimer's disease. During his short career Otto was able to assist in the arrest of numerous drug suspects and locate many suspects which had fled. K-9 Otto is missed dearly and thought about each and every day.

Tallapoosa Police Department