K9 Dexx – York County, South Carolina

Handler – Deputy Chris Kinsey

Retired York County sheriff ‘deputy’ Dexx dies. He served 56 ‘dog years’

A longtime member of the York County Sheriff’s office, who gave the agency a record length of service if counted in dog years, has died. Dexx, a bloodhound tracking dog that served for eight years as a “deputy” before being retired last year, died this week, sheriff’s office officials said. Dexx was in the K-9 unit, assigned to Deputy Chris Kinsey. “Dexx gave the people of York County a great run of service,” said Trent Faris, spokesman for the sheriff’s office. And by dog years, Dexx served 56 years., Faris said, a long stretch of service by a deputy. Dexx was living with a York County family after retirement from police service. Dexx, a male dog who died at age 12, was used for tracking fleeing suspects, searching for missing persons, conducting drug searches and training other dogs. Dexx is the second retired bloodhound at the sheriff’s office to pass away in the past year. Another dog, Justice, died in November 2017.

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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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