K9 Loki – La Crosse, Wisconsin

Died 11/26/24
Handler – Officer Aaron Westpfahl

La Crosse Police mourns the loss of K9 Loki

The La Crosse Police Department announces the unexpected passing of La Crosse Police Canine Loki.According to the Facebook post, Loki suffered a medical emergency and was rushed to veterinary care. Due to his medical emergency, Loki passed away on November 26, 2024, with his handler Officer Aaron Westpfahl by his side. Loki was born in 2017 in the Czech Republic and joined the department in 2018. That’s where Loki met his K9 handler, Westpfahl. In his time with the La Crosse Police Department, Loki assisted with a variety of things like making apprehensions, drug arrests, article searches, tracking endangered people and making the community a safer place. The German Shephard had over 500 deployments during his career. While Loki took his job seriously, he also enjoyed meeting new people of all ages and would tag along with Westpfahl to many community events. According to the La Crosse Police Department Facebook post, they plan on honoring K9 Loki with a memorial in the coming week.

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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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