K9 Arlo – Caldwell, Idaho

Handler – Corporal Jared George

Caldwell Police mourn the loss of retired K-9 Arlo

The Caldwell Police Department (CPD) is mourning the loss of retired K-9 Arlo.According to a Facebook post, Arlo came to CPD in 2016. He was adopted from the Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley when he was 15 months old and began training as a narcotics detection dog.After becoming certified as a narcotics detection dog, Arlo started his career with Corporal Jared George at the Wilder Police Department. They worked as partners for about a year before they came to CPD.K-9 Arlo assisted with hundreds of cases during his career and has visited too many schools to count. He was deployed over 655 times and recovered over 243 items of drug paraphernalia. Throughout his career, Arlo’s alerts resulted in many arrests and subsequent convictions.Arlo retired when he was 10 this past December and continued to live with his handler/family.Arlo’s handler would like to thank Viking Veterinary Care for caring for Arlo and the family as he passed.

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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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