K9 Lorcan – Union County, New Jersey

Died – 3/22/16
Handler – Officer Ryan Wilson

Sheriff’s K-9, Lorcan, Loses Battle with Leukemia

On Tuesday, Union County Sheriff Joseph Cryan announced the passing of K9 Lorcan, who lost his brief battle with leukemia. Lorcan’s partner was Sheriff’s Officer Ryan Wilson. Lorcan was a German Shepherd born on February 21, 2007, in the Czech Republic. He joined the Union County Sheriff’s K-9 Unit in May 2009. He was a dual trained patrol and narcotics detection K-9 handled by Officer Wilson. Together they conducted narcotic searches for illegal drugs, building searches for suspects hiding, and tracked for criminals or missing persons. Lorcan was also trained in apprehension and handler protection.
Since they were partnered together in 2009, they conducted 224 patrol searches for suspects resulting in numerous apprehensions and 238 narcotics searches resulting in over a thousand pounds of illegal drugs seized. “K9 Lorcan did his job well, and we thank him for service,” said Sheriff Cryan. “We extend our condolences to Officer Wilson and our canine unit, where these dogs are much more than an animal, they are partners in service and in family. We will add K9 Lorcan to our canine plaque of service, located at our Summit canine unit facilty, at a later date.”

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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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