K9 Idgie – Santa Rosa, Florida

Handler – Deputy Holbrook

Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office mourns the loss of retired K-9 Deputy Idgie

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of one of their retired K-9 deputies this week — K-9 Idgie.The sheriff’s office shared a post on their Facebook page Wednesday sending their condolences to her handler, Deputy Holbrook.K-9 Idgie began working with the sheriff’s office and the Santa Rosa County School District in 2011. The sheriff’s office says she loved going to work and worked happily until her retirement in 2018.Deputies say K-9 Idgie specialized in narcotic detection, which helped make a safer and more drug-free place for students and citizens within the county.According to the sheriff’s office, K-9 Idgie also won multiple awards in her career with the United States Police Canine Association. She came in first place regionally and fifth in a national competition.

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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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