K9 Ossie – North Las Vegas, Nevada

Died 12/17/23

Retired North Las Vegas Police K9 to be honored with memorial service

A memorial service with honors will be held for a retired North Las Vegas Police Patrol Service Dog. K9 Ossie, a sable German Shepherd, was born in Czechoslovakia on Jan. 10, 2011, and was imported to the United States by Adlerhorst International of California and certified on Aug. 15, 2012.According to the North Las Vegas Police Department, K9 Ossie faithfully served the community while partnered with two handlers, during which he is credited with apprehending numerous suspects and locating many articles of evidence.K9 Ossie retired from NLVPD on Aug. 11, 2016, and was adopted by a former handler. In his retirement, Ossie enjoyed the easy life filled with camping, travel, and rides in the back of his dad’s Jeep with his nose in the wind.The department said Ossie died from natural causes on Dec.17, 2023. His memorial service will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 17 at noon at the Craig Road Pet Cemetery.Officials said K9s provide invaluable assistance to NLVPD and are highly trained to help protect the community by performing officer protection, suspect apprehension, area or building search, and narcotics or explosives detection.

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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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