K9 Beni – Northern Mariana Islands

Died 9/8/24

Two CNMI police dogs die after left in hot patrol car

Two police dogs died after they were left in a hot patrol car. KUAM learned that a funeral service was held for the K9s on Friday at the CNMI Department of Public Safety headquarters.DPS assistant chief of police and acting public information officer Simon T. Manacop told KUAM News that the deaths were “accidental” after the dogs were “left inside a patrol vehicle and the aircon died…blowing hot air.” Manacop said they were left in the car for about 30 minutes as officers were at the DPS HQ to secure drugs that they seized that same morning.The investigation is ongoing and no further details were provided at this time.Saipan Cares for Animals, a non-profit, attended the funeral service and posted to Facebook: “We were invited for the first memorial service for K9 in the history of CNMI at DPS Saipan as a first responder. It was such an emotional ceremony.” They said the dogs’ names were Ross and Beni.

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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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