K9 Daisy – Karnataka, India

Died – 11/12/18
Karnataka’s crime-buster dog Daisy dies

Karnataka’s crime-buster dog Daisy is no more. Chikkamagaluru police carried out a guard of honour for the ‘canine cop’ ff Daisy was brought from Chikkaballapura when she was 20 days old and trained. Known as the ‘crime cracker’, sniffer dog Daisy, died on Monday. Daisy had an illustrious service of seven years with the police department in Chikkamagaluru district. The Doberman was also instrumental in giving helping solve a murder case in Bale Honnur taluk in 2014. For HC Shivakumar and Kumar, assistant head constables with DAR Chikkamagaluru, Daisy was part of their family. Daisy had inspected 105 crime spots during her service.

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.