Canine Unit – Canine Lexy and her handler, Trooper Meredith Govoni of Troop K, recently visited the gravesite of Trooper Alexander E. Boehm in Menands, NY.
State Police canines are named for NYSP members who have been killed in the line of duty.
Lexy is named after Trooper Boehm, who died on November 13, 1924, after being stricken with chest pains while riding through the Village of Corinth.
Two weeks prior to his death, Trooper Boehm had been assigned to break saddle horses for Troop G, when he was kicked in the chest and briefly hospitalized. This injury and the long, arduous ride from Troy to Corinth are believed to have been contributing factors in his death.
