K9 Jannus – Pensacola, Florida

Handler – Sergeant James Parsons

Pensacola Police K9 passes away

Pensacola Police say one of their K9 officers has passed away. A Facebook post on Sunday morning said retired K9 Jannus has died. The post says:“ Jannus served the city with distinction alongside his partner, Sergeant James Parsons, positively impacting many with his life. He made Pensacola a safer and happier place to be.” Jannus served the Pensacola Police Department for more than five years. The City of Pensacola celebrated his retirement with a doggie cake and party in 2019. According to a post by the City of Pensacola: “During his career, Jannus had 750 deployments with 35 suspect finds and 519 narcotics finds. He also located nine firearms during article searches and helped seize over a quarter of a million dollars in illicit money.” The city said Jannus was known as a friendly dog and featured prominently in community outreach events.

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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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