{"id":541,"date":"2014-08-23T02:04:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T06:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=541"},"modified":"2014-08-23T02:04:11","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T06:04:11","slug":"legendary-brick-police-k9-eros-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2014\/08\/legendary-brick-police-k9-eros-has-died\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Brick Police K9, Eros, Has Died"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_542\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/eros.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-542\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/eros-400x320.jpg\" alt=\"Brick police officer Ron Braen and Eros, a K9 who died Friday. (Photo: NJSPCA)\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/eros-400x320.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/eros-600x480.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/eros.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brick police officer Ron Braen and Eros, a K9 who died Friday. (Photo: NJSPCA)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A long-time Brick Township Police Department K9 who is credited with saving at least one life, Eros, has died.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"userContent\">\u201cIt is with great sadness that I am informing you of the passing of my K-9 partner, Eros<\/span>,\u201d said Ron Braen, a retired member of the department.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"userContent\">Eros started with the Brick Township Police Department as the department\u2019s tracking dog in 2007. Braen, upon retirement from the Brick department in 2012, joined the New Jersey Humane Police along with his K9 companion.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eros was \u201cinstrumental\u201d in a number of police operations, Braen said in a social media post Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"userContent\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">One of his outstanding tracks was when he saved the life of a man that was lost in a wildlife refuge and was suffering from a diabetic episode<\/span><\/span>,\u201d said Braen. \u201c<span class=\"userContent\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">He will be greatly missed not only through work, but as an important member of my family.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Braen has been a legendary K9 officer in Brick Township. Before being partnered with Eros, he handled Mas and Neo, who also were integral in lifesaving police investigations in Brick.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2014\/08\/legendary-brick-police-k9-eros-has-died\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A long-time Brick Township Police Department K9 who is credited with saving at least one life, Eros, has died. \u201cIt is with great sadness that I am informing you of the passing of my K-9 partner, Eros,\u201d said Ron Braen, a retired member of the department. 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