K9 Leo – Mahaboobabad, India

Died 7/12/20

Telangana Police’s sniffer dog dies, laid to rest with full honors

The police officials, including the DSP in Mahaboobabad district of Telangana, bid a tearful adieu and gave a guard of honor to Leo, a sniffer Labrador of the police department, who died due to illness on Sunday. The four-legged Braveheart had served in the police department for a period of nine years. He had been involved in the detection of land mines and claymore mines. The officials placed a wreath and paid their last respects to Leo. DSP Janardan Reddy said, “Leo passed away today after suffering from a breathing problem for the past two days.” Earlier, the Nalgonda police department in the state had buried its sniffer dog, Royal, with full police honors at the Canine Training Center. Royal was born in 2007 and served in the police department for ten years. Reportedly, he was the longest-serving canine in Nalgonda unit of Telangana Police. He was trained at the Integrated Intelligence Training Academy (IITA) in Moinabad. After his commissioning in Nalgonda district, Royal was deployed for sniffing out suspicious material including explosives, contraband and drugs.

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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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