K9 Dunaj – Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Died 5/23/17
Handler – Officer Stephen Kingsley

Bridgewater K-9 cop Dunaj will be missed

The Bridgewater Police Department’s 13-year-old K9 Dunaj, who helped in the search for one of the Boston Marathon bombers, has passed away, the police department tweeted Tuesday morning. “Not all heroes are humans,” the police department Tweeted. Along with a career of searching for suspects and sniffing for illegal drugs, in 2013 Dunaj and K-9 Unit Officer Stephen Kingsley had responded, with other SEMLEC SWAT officers, to the UMASS Dartmouth campus to search for the second Boston Bombing suspect, later identified as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. According to Bridgewater Police Chief Christopher Delmonte’s Annual Town Report in 2013, Dunaj had completed his eighth year of “outstanding search and support services to the department.” During the 2013 report, Delmonte also announced that Dunaj was approaching the end of his service life and would be replaced the following year.

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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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