A local Connecticut State Police Trooper is getting ready to retire after 30 years of service.  Trooper First Class Ed Anuszewski and his K-9 partner Texas will be leaving the force soon.  They both stopped by Danbury Fire Headquarters yesterday. 

(Photo: DFD)

Danbury Fire officials say Texas has always liked the City, noting that he took a two day "vacation" here in the woods a while back and made some life long friends in a search and rescue team.  Trooper Anuszewski and K9 Texas have saved the lives of a number of lost people and have tracked down a number of criminals as well. 

K9 Texas was part of a search party in the Wooster Mountain-Sugar Hollow Road area in December 2017 when his handler lost his footing on the steep terrain and dropped the 15-foot leash connecting the Trooper to Texas.  The dog continued tracking up the ledge, but when the Trooper reached the top of the hill, Texas was nowhere in sight.  The dog was found the following morning, tangled on a fence.