K9 Kyro – Raynham, Massachusetts

Died 12/26/22
1st Handler – Officer Ken Collins
2nd Handler – Sgt. Frank Pacheco

Raynham Police Department mourns passing of K-9 Kyro

The Raynham Police Department is mourning the passing of retired Raynham Police K-9 Kyro, who passed away on Monday. Kyro passed away due to sudden illness on Monday, Dec. 26. An honor service was held on Tuesday, Dec. 27, at Angel View Cemetery in Middleborough, which was attended by members of the Raynham Police Department, other area K-9 teams and law enforcement officers from the region.Kyro was a 10-year-old German Shepherd from the Czech Republic. He began his career at the Raynham Police Department in 2013 with handler Ken Collins (Ret.) and went on to work alongside handler Sgt. Frank Pacheco upon Collins’ retirement.Since 2013, Kyro has been deployed over 300 times, with many of those deployments to assist surrounding agencies. Deployments have included searching for missing persons, searching for suspects and locating evidence. Kyro has also supported the South Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (SEMELC) SWAT and Search and Rescue (SAR) teams for several years. Kyro’s career highlights include, but are not limited to: locating a disoriented and missing man who was missing for 12 hours in the woods behind the Raynham IcePlex and locating a firearm thrown from a vehicle during a pursuit.Kyro recently retired from the Raynham Police Department this past fall and lived happily in retirement with Sgt. Pacheco and his family.“On behalf of the men and women of the Raynham Police Department, we would like to extend our deepest sympathies to the Pacheco family upon the sudden loss of beloved K-9 Kyro,” Chief Donovan said in a statement. “Kyro served as a fearless and loveable member of not just our police department but the Pacheco family as well. Kyro’s impact on our department, the Pacheco family and surrounding communities will not be 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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