K9 Brock – Durham, Canada

Handler – Sgt. Jason Dickson

Police dog Brock ‘greatly missed’ by his family, Durham cops

Durham Regional Police are mourning the loss of one of their own.The police force announced “with great sadness” that K9 unit veteran Brock, a 13-year-old shepherd with eight years of helping the public, had died last week with family by his side.“PSD (police service dog) Brock was trained in general patrol and served the citizens of Durham Region for over eight years and was handled by Sgt. Jason Dickson,” Durham police said in a post on X.“During his celebrated career, PSD Brock was responsible for locating hundreds of individuals, including wanted offenders and missing vulnerable people.”Police also thanked Brock for his service and said he “will be greatly missed by Sgt. Jason Dickson, his family and the DRPS K9 Unit.”Hundreds of social media users paid their respects to Brock on Instagram and Facebook.“Rest easy, Brock … thank you for all your hard work,” one commenter posted with heart and prayer emojis on Instagram.Another turned to Facebook to credit Brock for finding their son.“RIP Officer Brock, thank you for your service,” the commenter posted, “as I believe it was your team that found our son. Condolences to your partner and family, as well as the DRPS.”

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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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