<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0dsNOe_0pf6tH5E00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0dsNOe_0pf6tH5E00" width="1200" height="600" ><p>VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) - The Vancouver Police Department’s newest K-9 recruit is named after a fallen officer.</p><p>K-9 Sahota - or Hota for short - is named in honor of fallen Officer Don Sahota. Officer Don Sahota was mistakenly shot and killed on Jan. 29 by a Clark County deputy while trying to apprehend an armed robbery suspect.</p><p>Hota is an Electronic Storage Detection (ESD) K-9 and joins the department’s Digital Evidence Cybercrime Unit. ESD K-9′s are trained to detect and find electronic devices, especially in cases of internet crimes against children.</p><p>Monday was K-9 Hota’s first day of work, Vancouver police said.</p></div></body>

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New Vancouver police K-9 named after fallen officer

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) - The Vancouver Police Department’s newest K-9 recruit is named after a fallen officer. K-9 Sahota - or Hota for short - is named in honor of fallen Officer Don Sahota. Officer Don Sahota was mistakenly shot and killed on Jan. 29 by a Clark County deputy while trying to apprehend an armed robbery suspect.