K9 Ole – Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin

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Ashwaubenon Public Safety mourns the death of Ole, their first-ever K9 officer

Ashwaubenon Public Safety’s first K9 officer has died.In a Facebook post Thursday,APS announced the death of K9 Ole, the department’s inaugural K9.Officials say Ole began his career with Officer Young, then spent 5.5 years on the road with Officer Teske. During that time, they had665 deployments together as a K9 team, including numerous drug seizures.K9 Ole had over 100 deployments that involved taking bad people off the streets. K9 Ole was a deterrence, and assisted officers in arresting subjects who may have not given up without Ole’s presence.After he retired, Ole is said to have “enjoyed a relaxing life as he became a normal house dog” and spent his time with his family and friends.”Thank you for your service Ole, you were our department’s first K9, and you will be greatly missed. Thank you for assisting and protecting us for so many years,” the Facebook post concludes.

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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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