K9 Bosco – Exeter Township, Pennsylvania

Handler – Officer Andrew Walbert

Exeter Township K9 officer dies; served over 10 years on the force

A K9 officer who served with the Exeter Township Police Department for more than ten years has died, after a battle with cancer. The police department said Bosco “was a loyal partner to both his handler, Officer Andrew Walbert, as well as the rest of the officers in the department.” Bosco took $3.2 million worth of drugs off the streets. He retired a few months ago. He almost didn’t become a police dog, after being returned by the feds for biting his first handler. Similarly, Walbert was close to resigning from the K9 Unit after his first canine officer lost his ability to smell. “I was reluctant, angry and pessimistic as I already had the perfect dog who was taken from me and my family at the hands of a drug dealer,” he said in the post. However, Walbert said, “Turns out the perfect dog was almost overlooked and sometimes things happen for a reason.”

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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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