A heartbreaking week has seen two of Northumbria Police's four-legged colleagues die just days apart.
Police dogs Krush and Kruger both died after long careers fighting crime in the North East - and their handlers spoke of how they had "played an absolutely crucial role" for the force. Both dogs were retired but had served the police for a combined 19 years.
Krush, who was 13, was a Dutch Herder and had been a general purpose police dog for a decade until he "hung up his lead" and retired in 2019. He was also a highly-trained firearms dog, though he shot to fame for another talent - his ability to balance Mini Cheddars on his nose - when a video of him balancing six of the snacks went viral.
