K9 Hondo – Grandview, Missouri

Died – 1/9/20

From his handler:

The last several months Hondo’s health has had many challenges. A few days ago due to those health issues he had started to refuse food. After a meeting with Hondo’s long time vet and others I had to make the extremely difficult decision to let him go. He was no longer the strong, athletic dog that served the community of Grandview. We fought the health issues hard for the past six months and we reached a point where I was giving IV fluids to him at home the past few days. This morning K-9 Hondo was given a hero’s escort by a group of handlers from the surrounding area as he took his last ride. My family, K-9 Hondo and I were surrounded by handlers, his trainer, coworkers, command staff and other family members as we said goodbye to such an important part of our lives. I have said many times it was an honor to serve the citizens of Grandview as their K9 handler and that while he was the active duty K9 for the city that he was the citizens’ dog and I was his steward. K-9 Hondo is a male Belgian Malinois. K-9 Hondo is a dual purpose Narcotic/Patrol canine used to detect concealed narcotics and evidence of crime, as well as assist in the arrest or prevent escape of offenders. K-9 Hondo is also trained to locate lost or missing persons and protect officers or others from death or serious injury

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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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