K9 Tara – Nabarangpur, India

Died – 7/29/20

Odisha police mourns the death of a star tracker

Odisha police bid a tearful adieu to Tara, one of the best tracker dogs of the force, following her death due to illness on Wednesday. Tara (13), who was posted in Nabarangpur district, had joined the police force (K-9 squad) in May 2009. In recognition of her contribution to the force, the police personnel, including Nabarangpur superintendent of police (SP) Nitin Kusalkar gave her guard of honour at her burial ceremony. “Tara, a Labrador, was unwell for the past few days. Since she was part of our force, we paid her due respect at her burial. We laid wreaths on her body and gave her salute before burying her with dignity inside Nabarangpur reserve police ground,” Nitin said. “I was very personally connected to her. She gave a very long and illustrious service to police,” Nitin added. With her death, the lone tracker dog’s post fell vacant in Nabarangpur police. “We will request the state police headquarters for Tara’s replacement. Tara will be missed by Nabarangpur police,” Nitin said. Police sources said Tara served in different districts since her joining in Odisha police on May 4, 2009. She was transferred to Nabarangpur police from Koraput in 2018. In her career spanning over 11 years, Tara had helped the police in detecting at least 50 murder cases and several dacoity as well as burglary cases in different districts. Recollecting her contributions, a police officer said Tara was instrumental in blowing the lid off a murder case at Damanjodi in Koraput district in 2016. “A minor girl was killed for suspected witchcraft. Police had no clues to make headway. Tara traced the accused persons, who later confessed to the crime,” a police officer in Koraput district said. In 2013, Tara helped Biswanathpur police in Kalahandi district to arrest an accused in a murder case. “A man had killed his wife and absconded. Tara tracked him hiding in an isolated building,” another officer said. Tara was trained in the K-9 headquarters at the state Crime Branch office in Cuttack. She had received commendation in the police canine duty meet at Cuttack in 2017.

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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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