Corporal Aitken News Today

Nearly a year after helping save his handler after being ambushed by a burglary suspect, K-9 Taco with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office has retired. 

Pinellas County Sheriff's Office K-9, Taco, is hanging up his collar after an extraordinary six-year career, and what better way to announce his retirement than on Taco Tuesday?

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office announced the passing of retired K-9 Bosco.

The sheriff's office said K9 Bosco caught more than 200 suspects with his handler Corporal Matt Aiken from 2011 to 2018.

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office announced the passing of retired K-9 Bosco.

A Florida deputy was shot multiple times by an alleged burglar, and a K-9 helped save him, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

A Florida deputy was shot multiple times by an alleged burglar, and a K-9 helped save him, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.

Chilling moments captured on body camera video show the ending of a chase-turned-shootout that left a Pinellas County deputy injured and a 23-year-old man dead.

With his daughter's hand around his own, Corporal Matthew Aitken walked out of the front doors of Bayfront Hospital in St. Pete, just a few days after he was shot three times while on duty.

A deputy remains in the hospital Monday after a deadly shooting occurred in Pinellas Park. Officials said the suspect was "waiting" for law enforcement before firing at them Sunday night.