K9 Zane – Gwinnett County, Georgia

Died – 5/14/21
1st Handler – Officer P. Tremblay
2nd Handler – Cpl. A. Carlyle

Gwinnett County Cop K9 Zane Dies Of Cancer

The Gwinnett County Police Department announced Tuesday that it was mourning the death of K9 Zane, one of its police dogs who died Friday from cancer. Zane had been with the Gwinnett police since May 2014 and was first assigned to work with K9 Officer P. Tremblay. Cpl. A. Carlyle took over in 2019, when Tremblay was activated by the U.S. military. Zane had been on call until earlier this month. According to a Gwinnett police statement, Zane had tallied 443 K9 deployments, 42 patrol apprehensions and 52 evidence recoveries over the course of his career. “He was a huge asset to the county, and he loved to work,” said Gwinnett police spokesperson Hideshi Valle. “K9 Zane will be missed by everyone who was privileged enough to work with him during his career.”

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Submitted By Jim Cortina

James A. Cortina has been involved with police dogs since 1972 and currently on the Board of Directors for the Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc. Jim has been appointed as Treasurer since its inception in 1991. Jim is one of the charter members of the C.P.W.D.A. organization. Since 1975 he has been a certified professional dog trainer and received his Master Trainer Certification in 1985. During his career he has provided armed K-9 strike crowd control for security agencies in Connecticut and out of state security companies. In conjunction with other members of the Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc. Board of Directors, he helped to draft Connecticut Statute 53-247(e) "Intentional Injury or Killing of Police K-9" which was passed by the Senate in 1993 and also assisted in implementing the prestigious Daniel Wasson Memorial K-9 Award in 1992. In 1993 he helped coordinate the North American Police Work Dog Association Nationals in New London, Connecticut. He was appointed Training Director for the New London County Work Dog Association from 1985-1987. He performed decoy work for Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc. in police K-9 demonstrations, trained several local police department canines, and coordinated training workshops for out-of-state police departments. He participated in the United States Police K-9 Association Trials in Croton on Hudson, New York in 1985 as a decoy. He is an avid photographer and received photography awards in 1989, 1990, and 1991 and currently takes photographs for the Connecticut Police Work Dog Association Inc.
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