K9 Apollo – Roseville, California

Handler – Officer Scott Miszkewycz

Roseville police K-9 dies unexpectedly

The canine half of the longest-serving Roseville Police K-9 team has died. The Police Department is mourning the death of K-9 Apollo, 11, who died at his handler’s home over the weekend, according to a department Twitter post. Apollo began his service with the department 10 years ago, and his handler, Officer Scott Miszkewycz, went on to become the longest serving Roseville Police K-9 team. K-9 Apollo was scheduled to retire from K-9 service at year’s end. During their tenure together, Miszkewycz and Apollo were deployed more than 2,500 times for K-9-related calls for service. They were also the first Roseville Police K-9 team to be assigned specifically to the SWAT team. Miszkewycz and Apollo participated in hundreds of community demonstrations for a variety of community groups and events during their time together, the department reports. “K-9 Apollo will be missed, from his work protecting our city, to protecting our Officers and members of SWAT, to his being an ambassador to our community at events, and to his being a great dog at home for (Officer) Miszkewycz and his family,” the department said in the tweet.

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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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