K9 Atos – Ocean County, New Jersey

Died – 10/14/15
Handler – Officer Christine Casullo

Ocean County-Sheriff’s Office Mourns Death of K9 Dog

The Ocean County Sheriff’s Department is mourning the death of one of its K9 dogs. Atos while only five years old accomplished a lot in his career. Atos along with his handler Officer Christine Casullo were in involved with the Super Bowl XLVIII security and protection detail. Atos was also involved with Detect and Render Safe Program. Recently K-9 Atos and Officer Casullo were involved with the protection detail of Pope Francis while in Philadelphia. The Ocean County Law Enforcement community is not the same without K-9 Atos today. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Officer Casullo, Sgt John Adams, and entire K-9 Unit.” Atos, one of eight Department K9 dogs, was Officer Christine Casullo’s unit since 2011. The Casullo-Atos duo has been in Lakewood many times over the past few years to investigate suspicious packages and other items.

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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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