K9 Mira – Provo, Utah

Handler – Sgt. Lewis

Provo police pay tribute to K-9 officer Mira after recent death

Police are mourning a former K-9 officer after her recent passing. Authorities of the Provo City Police Department shared that Explosive Detection K-9 Mira died in her retirement years in the company of her handler, Sgt. Lewis, and family members. Mira served the department for a total of eight years, joining the squad in 2013 and retiring in 2021.Mira’s story is one to be remembered. She was rescued from a pound in Idaho as a pup and went on to be a wildly successful and hard working bomb sniffer.”She protected our community and responded all over the state to bomb threats at schools, hospitals and businesses,” officers stated.Mira’s duties took her parades, concerts, airports and sporting events where she swept the scenes for explosives.At one point in her career, Provo police said she even located a block of C4 explosives which had been stolen from the military.”She loved coming to work and playing with her family,” Mira’s former partners from the department stated. “She will be missed.”

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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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