K9 Tosca – Richland County, South Carolina

Died 8/11/17

Handler – Deputy Emily Lemmond

Richland deputy says goodbye to her best buddy

Richland County Sheriff’s Department deputies and K-9s gathered Thursday to pay tribute to K-9 Tosca, a Belgian Malinois who suffered from a seizure and had to be put down. Tosca was taken off a ventilator after suffering from a seizure. The sheriff said Tosca, a Belgian Malinois was rushed to the hospital by her handler, Deputy Emily Lemmond on Friday night in an attempt to save her life. Tosca was trained in drug detection, tracking, suspect apprehension and more. Lemmond spoke at the memorial, saying it was hard to not have her best buddy in the back seat of her patrol car. K-9s live with and train with their deputy partners. Deputies laid a wreath in the sheriff’s department’s memorial park, and Tosca’s fellow K-9 offices said a barking goodbye. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to provide vests to the department’s K-9 Unit in the name of Tosca, Sheriff Leon Lott said. You can forward your support to the Richland County Sheriff’s Foundation, PO Box 1182, Columbia, South Carolina.

Tags

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.
| Old Memorials | Site Map
Copyright © 1973 - 2024 Louise Krause Memorials to Fallen K-9's Hosted By PC-GEEK Site Maintained BY Jim Cortina