K9 Keno – Oregon State Police

Died – 12/27/18

Handler – OSP Senior Trooper Freitag

Retired OSP drug detection K9 dies: ‘Keno will be greatly missed’

A former Oregon State Police drug detection K9 passed away just months after retirement, officials said Thursday. K9 Keno started working with OSP Senior Trooper Freitag in February of 2015. They were based out of the Salem-area command.His career was cut short when veterinarians found a tumor next to his brain stem. He retired in October 2018 and spent the rest of his life with Trooper Freitag and his family, “living on the farm with the other animals and getting spoiled by his two-legged family,” state police said. During his time with OSP, K9 Keno managed to track down:
• $250,182 cash
• 36,450 grams of marinjuana
• 55,412 grams of meth
• 5,746 grams of cocaine
• 4,397 grams of heroin
He was also a part of 131 field applications. “Keno will be greatly missed,” Oregon State Police said.

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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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