K9 Ire – Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Died – 3/5/19
Handler – Sgt. Lee Twiddy

Kill Devil Hills retired K9 officer passes away

Kill Devil Hills Police Department announced that a retired K9 Police Officer has passed away. September 2008 is when K-9 Police Officer Ire began her career with the Kill Devil Hills Police Department.She had specialized training in the detection of illegal narcotics, evidence and property recover, tracking of suspects and missing persons, apprehension of suspects, and obedience. She was nationally certified with the North American Police Work Dog Association and the American Work Dog Association. Ire performed a number of vehicle and residential narcotic searches during her career and successfully found large amounts of narcotics such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine. She also performed demonstrations at special events, including National Night Out and Red Ribbon Week at the schools. The Kill Devil Hills Police Department said she had a very successful career with the, but retired in December 2013 due to a torn ACL in her back right leg. She was enjoying her retirement with former handler Police Sgt. Lee Twiddy until her unexpected passing on March 5.

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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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