K9 Dar – Green County, Missouri

Died 11/26/18

Greene County Deputies Say Goodbye to County’s First K9

Greene County’s first k-9 was laid to rest on Thursday. Deputies said goodbye to Dar Thursday afternoon. James Inlow, the former deputy who picked up Dar from the airport years ago, and trained him, had some words of encouragement to new dog handlers with the sheriff’s department. “And to you new handlers out there, that are getting ready to experience working with one of these animals, we all work with officers that we think are always going to have our back, but you now have something that will definitely be a bullet sponge for you guys and that will do it day in and day out,” Inlow said. Here you see Sheriff Jim Arnott receiving a flag in Dar’s honor. Dar died Monday from cancer. He began law enforcement training in 2009. Dar was trained in narcotics, tracking, and protection. He was 11 years old.

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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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