K9 Kina – Caribou County, Idaho

Died – 8/11/17
Handler – Deputy Kolby Call

Well-liked sheriff’s office canine Kina dies in her sleep

The Caribou County Sheriff’s Office’s well-liked canine has died after a short but impressive law enforcement career. Kina, who’s worked with the Sheriff’s Office for the past three years, died in her sleep in her kennel on Friday, Sheriff Kelly Wells reported. The sheriff said that although it’s believed Kina died of natural causes, the canine’s death is being investigated to determine exactly what happened. Kina’s handler was Deputy Kolby Call.Wells said Kina was deployed on 33 calls for the Caribou County Sheriff’s Office and assisted the Bear River Drug Task Force on numerous incidents. On one occasion Kina located over a pound of meth while assisting the Power County Sheriff’s Office. Kina also participated in dozens of police dog demonstrations at schools throughout Caribou and Bear Lake counties, helping to teach students about the dangers of drugs. She was also deployed several times at local schools to search for drugs.”Kina will be greatly missed by her fellow deputies at the Sheriff’s Office and friends and family in the community,” Wells said in a press release. “Our thoughts and prayers are also with Deputy Call and his family.”

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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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