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K9 Sam - Lexington County Sheriff's Department - South Carolina

July 21, 2025

After only serving six months with the Lexington County Sheriff's Department (South Carolina), 2-year old Belgian malinois K9 Sam passed away while on duty on July 8, 2025.

K9 Sam suffered an apparent heat-related illness following a medical emergency during a training session. As soon as K9 Sam's handler noticed he was in distress after a training track, K9 was rushed to the hospital. Unfortunately, K9 Sam was not able to recover.

The Lexington County Sheriff's Department is re-evaluating their K9 training program in hopes that this type of tragedy does not occur again. Our thoughts and prayers for K9 Sam's partner/handler and the Lexington County Sheriff's Department.

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Blue Line Custom Gifts is a company started by current law enforcement personnel in 2019 and is located in the State of Minnesota. Our goal is to create products that are unique for our beloved brave first responders (police, fire, EMT, dispatchers, etc.) as well as our brave military personnel. As we progress in growing the company, we will be adding numerous new products that are custom engraved. Blue Line Custom Gifts also does custom engraving, so if you have any designs that you wish to have made, please let us know and we will do our best to produce a finished product that you will be proud of.

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K9 Sam - Lexington County Sheriff's Department - South Carolina

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