K9 Mondo – Woodland, California

Died 11/25/16
Handler – Officer Brian Olson

Retired Woodland police dog Mondo dies

The Woodland Police Department announced that retired police dog Mondo has died. Mondo served the department for 9 1/2 years before retiring March 8, 2015, according to a Police Department news release. He was 11 years old. Mondo was born Edmond Bohemia Abakan in the Czech Republic on June 4, 2005. Officer Brian Olson selected Mondo as his partner on June 29, 2006. After several weeks of training, they worked their first shift together on Aug. 12, 2006. Mondo served as a patrol and narcotics detection K9 and assisted in numerous SWAT operations. During his career, Mondo was either directly responsible for or assisted in dozens of arrests and located hundreds of pounds of illegal drugs, police said. In retirement, Mondo lived with Officer Olson and his family, and enjoyed riding in the truck with his head out the window, traveling to the mountains to play fetch with snowballs and relaxing with his non-law enforcement canine sisters.

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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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