K9 Mitch – Waterloo, Iowa

Died – 12/26/18
Handler – Lt. Steven Bose

Waterloo Police announce death of K-9 officer Mitch

An award-winning retired K-9 officer died Wednesday, according to the Waterloo Police Department. Mitch, a 10-year-old German shepherd trained as a K-9 narcotics and patrol officer, died on the day after Christmas at the home of Lt. Steven Bose, where he had lived since retiring from the force Aug. 12, 2015, according to the department. The department said Mitch died “of old age.” Mitch was born Feb. 5, 2008, in the Netherlands, imported to the United States, trained as a dual-purpose K-9 officer for narcotics and patrol, and partnered with Bose in the fall of 2009, according to the department.Both Bose and Mitch were assigned to patrol as well as the Violent Crime Apprehension Team. “He located large quantity of narcotics and cash finds,” the department told The Courier. “He conducted several tracks of fleeing suspects and located (many) of them.” In 2012 and again in 2013, Mitch and three other Waterloo Police K-9s were awarded the U.S. Police Canine Association Narcotics Detection Team Champions. “Thank you for your years of service and dedication to the City of Waterloo, Mitch,” the department said on its K9 Unit Facebook page Thursday morning. “May you rest easy.”

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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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