K9 Ronin – Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Died – 12/21/18
Handler – Sgt. David Bolton

Lancaster County Sheriff’s mourning K9 Ronin Ronin

Friday morning, the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office announced that Ronin, one of its most-decorated K-9 officers, was euthanized after a “rapid decline in health.” Ronin retired from the Sheriff’s Office in February after serving for almost a decade. He was a veteran of 70 bomb calls, 78 public demonstrations, 1,135 warrant services, 13 apprehensions, 36 suspect surrenders and 14 tracking assignments, with five suspect locations, the department said. He assisted on the police search for Eric Frien, the convicted killer of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper, and also worked at special events in Lancaster County, like the U.S. Women’s Open Golf Championship at Lancaster Country Club. He also served during visits to the area by Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, Vice-President Mike Pence, presidential candidate and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and Pope Francis. Ronin spent his last months with his handler, Sgt. David Bolton, and family.Ronin was escorted to West Lancaster Animal Hospital by members of the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office, the Lancaster City Police K-9 Unit, the Lancaster County Prison K-9 Unit, Columbia Borough Police, East Hempfield Township Police, the York County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit, and the CSX Railroad Police K-9 Unit. “K9 Ronin had an amazing career and will always be remembered,” the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office wrote.

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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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