K9 Kaybar – Amesbury, Massachusetts

Died – 2/16/17
Handler – Officer Thomas Nichols

Beloved police K-9 laid to rest in Amesbury

The Amesbury Police Department is mourning the passing of a beloved retired K-9. Kaybar was laid to rest Feb. 16 after a stoic battle with canine degenerative myelopathy. “Kaybar will be sorely missed by the Amesbury Police Department and his family,” the department said. Kaybar joined the Amesbury Police Department in August 2006. He graduated from the Boston Police Canine Patrol Academy program in January 2007 and the Worcester Police K-9 Unit Narcotics Detection Course in March 2007. The department said Kaybar participated in nearly 800 deployments during his eight year career. Among them he located 62 suspects and endangered people, had 180 drug finds, 92 building searches, 75 arrest assists and 46 public demonstrations. In addition, Kaybar competed on a regional and national level. He most notably won the Arizona Desert Dog Police Dog Field Trials in 2011, besting 78 K-9 teams from around the country and the U.S. military.

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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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