K9 Rambo – Kodagu, India

K9 Rambo – Kodagu, India
Died 10/7/20

Kodagu police bids tearful adieu to ‘Rambo’

The police personnel of Kodagu bid a tearful adieu to ‘Rambo’, the trained dog of their dog squad, on Thursday. Owing to illness, Rambo, who had been performing duties of detecting explosives for the past six years, passed away on Wednesday. SP Kshama Mishra paid her respects to Rambo. The final rites were performed as per necessary protocol of the department. Two days ago, Rambo had been on official duty to Surathkal in Dakshina Kannada and a change in weather resulted in deterioration of his health. He showed symptoms of tiredness and developed fever on Wednesday evening. Though treatment was given Rambo, did not respond to it and succumbed to heart attack. He was brought to Madikeri later. Born on October 15, 2013, Rambo underwent training in the police dog training camp in Adugodi, Bengaluru, and joined for duty in Madikeri. He was known for his intelligence and swiftness. Rambo had performed duties at Harangi reservoir, Raja Seat, court premises among other places. He had been part of the dog surveillance team at the International Air Show in Bengaluru and the election rallies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the state. Rambo had been awarded certificates of merit, for his performances. He had detected explosives in more than 400 places during the last six years in Kodagu and other parts of the state. Rambo’s caretakers Sukumar and Jitendra Rai were deeply hurt by his demise. Rambo is survived by his fellow mates Shourya, Leo and and Prithvi.

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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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