K9 Echo – Green Bay, Wisconsin

Died 12/20/17
Handler – Officer Tom Conley

New Green Bay Police K9 dies suddenly

A sad announcement from the Green Bay Police Department: It lost another police K9. The department announced that K9 Echo, 7, died Wednesday due to a sudden health complication. Echo came to the department earlier this year thanks to funds raised by a seven-year-old boy whose GoFundMe effort raised $12,000 to help the department replace another K9 that died unexpectedly. Losing a police dog is never easy. For the Green Bay Police Department, losing Echo, was unexpected. “What Echo was suffering from was called mesenteric torsion. Mesenteric torsion is basically a twisting of the intestine,” said Lt. Jody Buth. Echo was partnered with Officer Tom Conley, who began training with Echo last March.

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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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