K9 Bella – Thrissur’s Ramapuram, India

Died – 2/19/23
Handler – PC Jilesh

Jilesh says his last goodbye to Bella

The AR police camp in Thrissur’s Ramapuram is in grief over the death of Bella, who served at the office for seven-and-a-half years.Bella was a dog skilled in explosive detection in the K-9 police dog squad. It was undergoing treatment at the Kokkala veterinary hospital for the past week after suffering from pneumonia and jaundice. Bella died on Sunday. Senior civil police officer PC Jilesh was Bella’s caretaker for seven-and-a-half years. t became a part of the department after nine months of training in 2015. Jilesh has been Bella’s handler since then. Jilesh had prepared all the documents for permission to take Bella home once it retired from service after nine years of age.Bella’s funeral was completed with official honors. Department personnel and four sniffer dogs gave the guard of honor.

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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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