K9 Ben – Salem County, New Jersey

Handler – Sgt. Rob Hans

Salem County Sheriff’s K9 Passes Away

K-9 Ben, a member of the Salem County Sheriff’s Office, has died. “Words seem inadequate to express our feelings of grief by the men and women of Salem County Sheriff’s Office in our loss of this amazing K-9 Officer,” stated Sheriff Charles M. Miller in a news release. Officials say K-9 Ben served with his partner, Sgt. Rob Hans, as an explosives detective specialist for 10 years. Ben attended the New Jersey State Police K9 Academy and graduated in July, 2004. Officials say he was a member of the Detect and Render Safe Task Force. Over the course of Ben’s career, he worked various presidential details, the Miss America Pageant and the governor’s conference. He responded to over 900 bomb threats statewide, and hundreds of proactive sweeps and initiatives, according to officials. In addition, officials say Ben has visited many schools, nursing homes, day care centers, churches and other community functions where he and his partner have provided educational demonstrations on bomb and explosive detection. Ben retired on December 31, 2013.

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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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