K9 Oni – Tucson, Arizona

Tucson Police announce passing of beloved retired K9 ‘Oni’

The Tucson Police K-9 Unit announced the passing of retired K-9 Oni.According to TPD, K9 Oni first joined the unit in 2018 and became dual certified in patrol and narcotic shortly after. TPD says that for a long time, Oni was the only German Shepherd and the largest dog in the unit. They say he was a ‘big boy’, but was also known for the size of his heart – often doing public demonstrations as he was very gentle with people.Throughout his career Oni reportedly logged 718 deployments, 292 arrests, 10 narcotics seizures, and 49 SWAT operations.TPD says that one of Oni’s most memorable deployments was with the SWAT team, on the Fourth of July, when he helped to apprehend an armed robbery suspect, and was chased down by Oni along with Air Support and SWAT.

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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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