Axin is a German Shepherd, he joined the Botetourt County Sheriff’s Office in August 2021. Axin was born on August 9, 2020 and made his way to Botetourt from Holland. Axin started working the road in November 2021. Axin serves the Citizens of Botetourt County by sniffing out illegal narcotics, tracking wanted suspects, and apprehending dangerous individuals. Axin’s current handler is Deputy Smusz, who has been with the Sheriff’s Office since 2014.
After more than 6 years of faithful service to the citizens of Botetourt County, Deputy (K9) Rico will hang up his uniform to pursue other K9 interests. Throughout his career, Deputy Rico has performed countless hours of challenging and physically demanding duty assignments and training. As a multipurpose K9 serving both the Sheriff’s office and neighboring jurisdictions, he has uncovered illegal narcotics, uncovered evidence in crimes, performed numerous demonstrations for our schools and community, worked alongside emergency response teams and made numerous apprehensions.
