State Representative Steven Xiarhos, of Barnstable, led the charge to get Nero’s Bill signed into law.
The law allows for the immediate treatment and transport of police K-9’s injured in the line of duty.
Xiarhos was a police officer for 40 years in Yarmouth and served 10 years as the Deputy Chief.
In 2018, Yarmouth Police Sergeant Sean Gannon was shot and killed while serving a search warrant. His K-9, Nero, was severely wounded, but Nero could not be treated at the scene due to state law.
Now with the passage of Nero’s law, there have been instances in Massachusetts of K-9’s getting transported by ambulance and treatment by paramedics.
Listen to his interview with WATD’s Christine James here: