K9 Thor – Buffalo, New York

Handler – Lt. Salvatore Losi 

BPD announces death of retired police dog, was known as ‘Captain of the Dogs’

The Buffalo Police Department has announced the death of retired police dog Thor. Police said Thor was an explosive detection dog/patrol dog and served in Buffalo from March 2009 until his retirement in January 2019. “In his nearly 10 year career, Thor conducted 532 bomb sweeps, 71 vehicle searches, 102 house searches, 53 building searches and apprehended 36 suspects,” a post on the department’s Facebook page says. According to BPD, by tradition police dogs hold a rank one higher than their handler. Thor was partnered with Lt. Salvatore Losi and held the rank of captain, he was known “the Captain of the Dogs.” Thor spent his retirement as the family pet of Lt. Losi and police said he will be sorely missed.

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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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