K9 Kilo – St Augustine, Florida

Died – 3/10/24
Handler – Cpl. Bruce Cline

St Augustine Police Department announce the death of K9 Kilo

It is with a grieving and heavy heart that we inform you that K9 Kilo’s watch unexpectedly ended on March 10th, 2024.K9 Kilo SABPD 7163 (German Shepherd) was born in Slovakia on April 21st, 2014, and selected for importation to America in 2015. He was hand-picked as St Augustine Beach Police Department’s very first K9 and certified by The National Narcotic Detector Dog Association with his human partner, Corporal Bruce Cline, on December 22nd, 2016. K9 Kilo served our community with the St. Augustine Beach Police Department as a narcotics detection, tracking, article searching, furry goodwill ambassador for 8 years. During this time, his hard work got dangerous drugs off the streets, put a rapist in prison, and most importantly brought our citizens closer to the Officers who serve them. But he didn’t stop there, during their time off Kilo and Cpl. Cline were instrumental in bringing tens of thousands of dollars in food and supplies to local animal shelters.
Thanks to their efforts, K9 Kilo’s Presents for Pets was an unfathomable success.Kilo was almost 10 years old on March 10th, when he was taken to St. Augustine Regional Veterinary Emergency Center because he started behaving abnormally. Emergency surgery was performed without delay, but the prognosis was something no one’s ever prepared to hear. It was cancer and despite the extraordinary efforts performed by the medical professionals, he succumbed to the disease.K9 Kilo impacted our community and touched countless hearts in our Department, St. Johns County, and throughout North East Florida. He will be sorely missed by the St. Augustine Beach Police and the entire St. Augustine Beach community.A memorial service will be held at Anastasia Baptist Church for his family and law enforcement friends on Monday, March 18th at 10:00 am. We ask for you to keep all of us in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. If you have any fond memories, stories, or pictures with our beloved Kilo, please feel free to share them here so everyone can see how truly special he was.

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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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