K9 Immo – Lewisville, Texas

Died 7/16/16
Handler – Officer Shane Menz

Lewisville P.D. retired canine dies

On Saturday, retired Lewisville Police Department canine Immo was put down after his health began failing.. Officer Shane Menz, Immo’s handler, said a few weeks ago be began to notice Immo’s hips were going bad and he was falling down frequently. “I could see that he had some pain. It was a very hard thing to watch from such a good dog that had served me so well,” Menz said. “On Saturday, I made a hard decision. I decided that the time had come to release him from his pain and to allow him the dignity he deserved and send him across the rainbow bridge.” Menz and Immo worked together for nearly six years. He served the city from September 2009 until retirement in April 2015. During that time the two logged around 85,000 miles on two squad cars, had 64 give ups and five apprehensions by force. He had found 5,250 pounds of marijuana, 109 kilos or cocaine, 55 gallons of meth oil and 29 kilos of meth.

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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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