K9 Jango – Midland, Texas

Died – 10/15/22
Handler – Sgt. Welch

MPD mourning loss of K-9 Jango

The Midland Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its K-9 officers, according to an MPD Facebook post. According to the post, K-9 Jango had to be put down over the weekend after being diagnosed with cancer. K-9 Jango was actively working every day, with undetected cancer. “He spent the last hours of his life smiling, playing and catching bad guys in the bite suit,” according to the Facebook post. During his six years with the police department, K-9 Jango worked with MPD Sgt. Owens and Sgt. Welch to seize hundreds of thousands of dollars in narcotics seizures. K-9 Jango, who turned 9 last month, also caught nearly 30 suspects all of which were high risk or assaultive situations, according to the Facebook post.

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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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