K9 Elias – Evesham, New Jersey

Died – 11/24/16
Handler – Detective Richard Hernandez

Retired Evesham K-9 dies on Thanksgiving

A long-serving police K-9 died in retirement on Thanksgiving Day, the police department reported. Police said K9 Elias died of a sudden illness. The German Shepherd was credited with 100 arrests during his police career. No other details of his death were provided. Elias served more than eight years with the department from December 2008 until 2014 and continued to live with Hernandez afterward. He was 12 years old. “On behalf of the entire Evesham Police Department family, we would like to thank K9 Elias for his years of dedicated service to ETPS and to the residents we serve,” the department said. “He will be greatly missed by handler Detective Richard Hernandez, his family, and the men and women of the Evesham Police Department.” Among the dog’s more significant “collars” was a 2012 arrest in which he apprehended two suspects more than a mile from a gas station they had allegedly attempted to blow up. Authorities said the suspects had assaulted police officers before Elias subdued them. In a 2007 case, Elias prevented a suspect from re-entering a home where he had allegedly assaulted his ex-wife in front of their children, police said.

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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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