K9 Award On Display at Police Station

Rehoboth Police Officer David Aguiar was honored as K9 Handler of the Year in a ceremony held last month in South Yarmouth.

Aguiar, who is partnered with Edo, was presented with the K9 Sergeant Sean Gannon Award. Gannon was a Yarmouth Police Officer killed in the line of duty in April 2018. He was the first K9 Narcotics Officer for the Police Department.

The award will be on display at the Police Department headquarters on Anawan Street.

Aguiar appeared with Acting Police Chief Louis DiBacco at Monday’s selectmen meeting.

“I was very humbled to bring this award back to Rehoboth,” Aguiar said. “It’s not just mine, it’s not just Edo’s, but it’s the town’s.”

Aguilar became a Reserve Officer in 2015 and was promoted to full-time Patrolman in 2016. Aguilar and Edo were paired up in May 2021 when then Chief James Trombetta offered Aguilar the position of K9 Handler.

The pair are associated with the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Detection Unit as an EOD Canine Support. Aguilar and Edo had assisted them every year with two major events –the Boston Marathon and July 4^th Harborfest on the Esplanade.