K9 Rex – Hinds County, Mississippi

Died – 6/21/17
Handler – Lt. Darrell Thornton

Hinds County narcotics K-9 “Rex” dies

The Hinds County Sheriff’s department has lost a beloved member of their crime fighting team. Officials said “Rex”, a K-9 Narcotics Detection dog has passed away. Liberty Bank in Jackson teamed up with the Sheriff’s Office in 2012 to provide funds to purchase K-9 Deputy “Liberty” who was later named “Rex.” Lt. Darrell Thornton chose “Rex” over several other detection K-9’s. “We connected immediately” said Thornton. Thornton went on to say, “each day as I would prepare to report for duty, Rex knew it was time to go to work. We had each-others back and his loyalty was unconditional. I’ve lost my partner and best friend.” “Preliminary autopsy results indicate that he died of natural causes” said Sheriff Victor Mason. “We are saddened about the loss of K-9 Deputy “Rex” and he will be missed.”
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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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