K9 Fuse – Montgomery County, Tennessee

Handler – Sergeant Trout

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office mourns loss of longtime K9, Fuse

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday, March 26, the passing of Fuse, a German Shepherd Bomb Dog with a long history of demonstrations at schools and public events. “We are all mourning his loss because he became part of our extended families also,” said a post on the MCSO K9 SAR Team Facebook Page. the MCSO announced in November, 2019 that Fuse had begun to suffer kidney failure, asking for the communities support for the K9 officer and his handler, Sergeant Trout.Trout and Fuse are well known within the community for their work in demonstrations at public events, sharing the important work that police K9’s do with the public. Being a public figure was secondary to fuses actual job on the force as a bomb dog, but it did allow him to leave a lasting impression on the Clarksville-Montgomery County community.

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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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