K9 Rony – Houston, Texas

Died 2/21/18

K9 officer put down after being injured during chase

The Houston Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its K9 officers. Officer Rony was injured overnight while going after a suspect. Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo told ABC13 it all started when officers tried to pull over a stolen car around 1 a.m. That led to a chase where police say the suspect threw what police think was a gun or drugs out of the window. We’re also told that the suspect rammed an officer’s car during the chase, which ended in the 12700 block of River Trail in northeast Houston. Rony spotted the suspect and went after him in a heavily wooded area. Acevedo said that’s when Rony seriously injured his leg after he got stuck on a log or some other type of wooden object. The police chief also said Rony has had multiple injuries over the years and this one was too significant, causing them to put the dog down. Rony was a Belgian Malinois. He had been with the Houston Police Department seven years and made 250 captures. His handler said Rony went out the way he would have wanted to — capturing a suspect in the line of duty.

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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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