Off duty, Rico knows how to turn the switch off. While he’s intense, focused, and all business when the collar goes on, once he’s out of work mode he turns into a loyal, goofy, people loving dog. He thrives on being around his handler and family and is happiest just being included. Rico loves to be cuddled and play fetch with his ball!-‘Rico’ leads troopers to cocaine stash after thruway stop. When troopers pulled over a car on on 1-87, an Ulster County sheriff's K-9 helped find 152 grams of cocaine, according to state police.

-Yesterday, at approximately 12:30pm, Lloyd Police were called to a residence on Hawley's Corners Road in Highland for a missing 65-year-old female. The missing Highland woman was reported missing by her husband and had been missing for over an hour possibly in a wooded area.
Lloyd Police called in the assistance of the New York State Police Drone Unit and Ulster County Sheriff's Department
Drone Unit as well as Ulster County K9 Units. At approximately 3:30pm the 65-year-old woman was located by Deputy Lyman and K9 Rico approximately ¾ mile into a wooded area uninjured. Thru the combined efforts of all the law enforcement agencies at the scene, the Highland woman was safely reunited with her family.