K9 Faroan – Florence, Colorado

Died – 3/2/15
Handler – Sgt. Sean Humphrey

Memorial set for Florence Police Department’s K9 dog

He was by his side more often than not, whether it was at work, at home or on vacation. His four paws followed him for five years. Faroan, a Florence Police Department K9, died March 2. The Belgian Malinois had an allergic reaction to medication. “He wasn’t scared of anything,” his handler, Sgt. Sean Humphrey, said Friday. “That’s what I loved about him.” About a week before he died, Faroan was injured while jumping over a wooden fence at his home. A veterinarian prescribed pain medication after discovering he had a chipped bone in his leg. Humphrey said the medicine caused damage almost immediately. “It started eating his skin,” he said. “It just ate him up. It’s like a burn victim, but his skin was rotting off.” He transported the dog to a veterinary hospital in Colorado Springs, where he had hypobaric chamber treatments twice a day. “He started getting worse and worse and worse,” Humphrey said. “The last resort was doing a blood transfusion. Doing the blood transfusion still wasn’t going to help … so I just had to let him go. I didn’t want him to suffer anymore.”

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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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