K9 Jango – New Hanover County, North Carolina

Died – 3/5/21
Handler – Sgt. Stegall

The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office has lost one of its own. Deputy K-9 Jango died from cancer last week. The sheriff’s office says Deputy K-9 Jango was diagnosed with Hemangiosarcoma cancer in December 2020 and worked into February. Jango was an active member of the NHSO K-9 Unit for more than 10 years. “While working he would apprehend and take down bad guys, but he was also the sweetest and most gentle dog when he and his handler Sgt. Stegall spoke to groups like the Boy Scouts, Citizens Academies, Church groups and more,” NHSO wrote in a Facebook post. “During regional certifications, he earned “Top Dog” six times and placed in the Top 10 Nationally five times. Jango was given the nickname “Sure Thing” because he could always sniff out the trickiest of narcotic hides. Jango will surely be remembered as one of the best.” NHSO will be holding a memorial service for Jango on Monday March 15 at 3:00 p.m. The service will be held at the K-9 training facility at the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office Page Range. “We are inviting all surrounding agencies that would like to attend that may have been helped by K-9 Jango in some way,” NHSO wrote. The public can watch the service on the sheriff’s office’s Facebook page.

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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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