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Police K-9 Gracie and APD officer Steven Escobar respond to an emergency call last year. After five years of service to the city of Alexandria, Gracie died Dec. 24, 2014 from kidney cancer.

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Alexandria: Amazing Grace

APD mourns loss of first female police K-9.

For more than a year, it looked as if she would defy the odds, but on Christmas Eve, Gracie, Alexandria’s first female police K-9, lost her battle with kidney cancer. “Gracie was not only an outstanding police dog, she was a great family dog,” said APD K-9 officer Steven Escobar.

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