K9 Kai – Nassau, New York

Died 1/4/24

Handler – Officer Chris Peters

Nassau County Police Department Announces Sad Passing of Retired K-9 Kai.K-9 Kai, alongside handler retired Police Officer Chris Peters, dedicated his life to the Nassau County Police Department and its citizens. With a heavy heart, the Nassau County Police Department said goodbye to retired K-9 Kai on January 4, 2024. K-9 Kai was born on March 25th, 2011, joined the Nassau County Police Department in March 2012, and retired in early 2020. K-9 Kai, alongside handler retired Police Officer Chris Peters, dedicated his life to the Nassau County Police Department and its citizens. The hard work, endless training, and dedication of K-9 Kai and Officer Peters lead to numerous apprehensions and arrests of dangerous subjects during his career. In addition to apprehending criminals, K-9 Kai protected the citizens of Nassau County by conducting well over 100 bomb sweeps and aiding in locating missing persons. When K-9 Kai wasn’t busy with his police responsibilities, K-9 Kai and Officer Peters would visit and conduct demonstrations for various groups and people; including but not limited to school children, Boy & Girl Scouts, Police Explorers, and Community Leaders. K-9 Kai, to those who didn’t know him, looked as if he was all business at all times. But those who worked closely with K-9 Kai knew he was a mush at heart……except if you tried to take his ‘Chuck It ball’. Those of us in the unit can still hear the whistle of that ball through the air as K-9 Kai gave chase. County Executive Bruce Blakeman, Commissioner of Police Patrick Ryder and the entire Nassau County Police Department would like to express our deepest sympathy to Officer Peters and his family and are extremely grateful for the dedicated service K-9 Kai provided to the Department and the public. He will be sorely missed but never forgotten.

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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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