K9 Tom Tom – Newton County, Georgia

Handler – Deputy Tremelle Riley 

Newton County Sheriff’s Office mourning loss of K9 officer

The Newton County Sheriff’s Office said it is mourning the loss of one of their K9 officers. Sheriff Ezell Brown said in a post to the office’s Facebook page that K9 Tom-Tom was “loved and cherished by all who worked with him and by those he served.” Tom-Tom, a German Shorthaired Pointer, was assigned to the Newton County Superior Court and was trained to detect explosives.  “I thank K-9 Tom-Tom for his service to our Newton County community and the State of Georgia. My sincere condolences and prayers go out to Deputy Tremelle Riley and his family, who have lost a member of their family this week. May God bless them.” The sheriff did not say how Tom-Tom died but said a necropsy is being performed to determine the dog’s cause of death.

 

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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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