K9 Fax – Washoe, Nevada

Handler – Officer Connie Harper

Retired school police dog Fax has died

The Washoe County School District on Friday announced that one of its former police dogs has died. Fax worked as a drug-detective dog for the school district before retiring in 2010. Fax was born in the Czech Republic and trained with WCSD Officer Connie Harper in Texas prior to joining the school district. Fax ten lived with Harper, since promoted to sergeant, after retiring in 2010. “He visited with students in hundreds of classrooms across the district, which provided school police officers with an invaluable opportunity to educate students about drug prevention,” the school district said in a statement announcing Fax’s death. “Often, students would follow up these visits by writing letters and sending photos to K-9 Fax.” “K-9s like Fax provide a crucial service to our District, and they perform that service like no other officer possibly can,” WCSD School Police Chief Jason Trevino said in the statement. “We are grateful to these incredible animals who share their lives with us. They help us engage in potentially lifesaving conversations with our students, and we know our students love to spend time with them. K-9 Fax was an integral part of our law enforcement team, and we will miss him.”

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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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