K9 Kayos – Russiaville, Indiana

Died – 10/13/16
Handler – Deputy Marshal Randy VanNatter

Russiaville K9 officer passes away after battle with cancer

A small Indiana police department said goodbye Thursday to a K9 officer. Kayos, an 8-year-old Belgian Malinois, passed away Thursday afternoon. He specialized in drug sniffing, but also provided much-needed security, since the small town has only two people on its police force. Kayos served with Deputy Town Marshal Randy VanNatter for almost his entire life. He was born in Indiana. A few weeks ago, the K9 officer was diagnosed with lymphoma. He began receiving chemotherapy, which is quite costly. VanNatter set up an online crowdfunding page to raise funds for the medical expenses. As of Thursday night, the page had raised just over $4,000 of the $6,000 goal. That money will go towards Kayos’ final medical expenses. VanNatter estimated that Kayos helped make at least 75 arrests in his career.

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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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