K9 Coron – Miami, Florida

Died – 10/16/23
Handler – Officer Doug Hesler

Miami Twp. Police mourn loss of retired K-9

A local police department is mourning the loss of one of their former K-9s.Coron, a retired Miami Twp. Police Department Canine, died Monday, the department announced this morning.Born in April 2010 in Holland, Coron was a Belgian Malinois.He was trained at Gold Shield K-9 in Columbus and started with Miami Twp. police in 2011.Coron retired in 2019 and enjoyed the remained of his life with his handler, Officer Doug Hesler.“Coron had a distinguished career as a patrol and narcotics detection canine. He quickly became a member of the community and department. Coron interacted with many groups and individuals, including the Miamisburg Middle School,” the department said.He had a 95 percent success rate for narcotics detention, on top of many successful tracks for criminal suspects and missing individuals.“When he was working, he was all business. When Coron was not working, he made you his friend, like it or not. He was a very driven and energetic canine who gave everything he had daily,” the post read.

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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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