K9 Mack – Regina, Canada

Handler – Cst. Fink

Late Regina police service dog receives special final send off from colleagues

Members of the Regina Police Service (RPS) lined streets in the city Thursday for a final farewell to one of their own, service dog Mack. According to Regina police, Mack died following a sudden and aggressive immune system disease.“Everyone did everything they could for him, including our amazing partners at Careport Animal Hospital. Sadly despite these efforts he passed away,” a post to Facebook and Instagram by Regina police said.The posts show patrol officers lining the streets to pay their respects to Mack as a long procession of vehicles makes its way by.“Today (Thursday) he and his human partner came home one final time. Thank You for your service Mack,” the post from RPS said.According to RPS’ website, the K9 Unit is made up of six handlers that includes a supervisor and training coordinator.Each officer is paired up with their own dog that works exclusively with them, however some officers use more than one animal while on duty, RPS says.Including Mack, there are currently eight dogs profiled on Regina police’s website.

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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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