Dog Squad TV series - has died just three weeks into her retirement. Police dog Dakota died on 1 February Photo: FACEBOOK/ NZ Police In a Facebook post titled 'Farewell to a favourite floof', police said Dakota died last night, just three weeks into her retirement from Wellington Police Dog Section. The seven-year-old German Shepherd worked in Wellington from April 2015 to January this year, mostly with handler Stu Rota. The pair appeared on four Dog Squad TV series, and police said she was also a famous Police Dog Trust Calendar girl. Sergeant Rota moved to Gisborne and for the past 12 months she worked with Senior Constable Sam Bennett.