Kahre Elementary, Metro unite to remember fallen officer and school namesake
Metropolitan Police Department Officer Spencer Basner, a Metro helicopter pilot for 10 years, holds his son, Burke, 19 months, May 20, 2016, at Marc A. Kahre Elementary School, 7887 W. Gowan Road, as Metro units conducted a mock chase. His wife, Amy, three weeks from having their next child, was there with Wade, 3, as well to watch Metro's various units for a full morning of events to mark the officer for whom the school was named. Jan Hogan/View
Metro Officer Tim Ruiz prepares to put his horse, Morgan, a 15-year-old gelding, into Metro's horse trailer May 20, 2016, at Marc A. Kahre Elementary School. Jan Hogan/View
Metro K-9 Officer Reno, an 8-year-old Belgian Malinois, takes down the "bad guy" May 20, 2016, during a mock chase at Marc A. Kahre Elementary School. Jan Hogan/View
Students at Marc Kahre Elementary School, 7887 W. Gowan Road, participated in the annual Marc A. Kahre Honor Day May 20. Kahre was a 15-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department who was killed in the line of duty Oct. 11, 1988. The school, which opened in 1991, was named for him. The day’s activities included visits from Metro’s Air Support Unit, Mounted Unit and a staged police chase that ended with a “take down” by K-9 officer Reno.
