K9 Ozzie – Delaware County, New York

Died 4/24/20
Handler – Major John DeMeo

Delaware County K9 ‘Ozzie’ passes away

Earlier this morning, due to underlying health conditions, K9 Ozzie was peacefully and humanely taken out of service. Ozzie was born in Czechoslovakia on May 19, 2012. Ozzie began his impeccable career with the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office July 12, 2013. Major John DeMeo, Ozzie’s beloved partner and best friend completed training at the Syracuse Police Department K9 Academy where Ozzie graduated at the top of his class in an advanced degree of narcotics detection, handler protection and tracking. K9 Ozzie was directly responsible for many narcotics arrests and a distinguished career, making his first felony level narcotics arrest less than 24 hours after graduating the academy. His service to the people of Delaware County has greatly contributed to making our communities a better and safer place to live, work and raise a family. Services will be forthcoming and announced at a time in the future.Deputy Sheriff K9 Ozzie, you will be great missed by all of us, especially by your handler, Major Demeo and his family. Rest peacefully our dear friend and colleague, Delaware County 911 acknowledges your final call out of service at 11:32. The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office says services will be forthcoming and announced at a later date.

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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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