K9 Bailey – Nevada

Handler – Officer Eddie Dutchover

K9 Bailey Remembered For Her Skills

A local law enforcement hero has died. Retired K9 Narcotics Detector Bailey recently passed away at the age of 15 years old after being overcome with several medical conditions.K9 Bailey served the Moapa Band of Paiutes community for seven years with her handler, Eddie Dutchover. Together they worked highway interdiction on the I-15 corridor.They were certified by the State of Utah K9 POST program on narcotics detection. K9 Bailey worked alongside and assisted many police departments including Las Vegas Metro, Henderson Police, North Las Vegas Police, Nevada Highway Patrol, Arizona DPS, and the Mesquite Police Dept. Bailey retired with Eddie and stayed with the Dutchover family. K9 Bailey was rescued from an animal shelter and trained by Midwest K9 in Iowa. In her distinguished career, she would go on to find a total of 104.4 pounds of methamphetamine, 11 pounds of cocaine, 141 pounds of marijuana, 3 pounds of heroin and $4,958,184 in drug money. Bailey was also responsible for a significant (drug) money seizure in the state of Nevada during a single traffic stop. The single incident seized a total of $1,814,091.“I salute you K9 Bailey for protecting me by barking for me on traffic stops to make sure I was always safe, for always being my loyal partner and for loving me and my family,” said K9 Bailey’s partner and handler, Eddie Dutchover. “You have done a great service to our county by keeping narcotics out of our community and for saving lives.” Dutchover said that Bailey enjoyed doing community events for Boy Scouts, school district events, and many other youth programs to show off her amazing skills. “I will truly miss her and appreciate everything she has done,” he said. “She will always be my hero.” In honor of Bailey, members of the public can donate to A Path 4 Paws at https://apath4paws.org/donate/, a non-profit that helps rescue animals like her and gives them a second-chance to be loved the way she was and to give other rescue dogs a forever loving family.

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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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