K9 Tyson – Delaware, Ohio

Died – 9/6/24
Handler – officer John Laudeman

Delaware K9 officer dies after brief battle with cancer

A K9 officer who had dedicated the past five years to serving the city of Delaware died of cancer on Friday. The Delaware Police Department announced the death of Tyson, a K9 on their force, Friday evening. DPD said Tyson died after a brief battle with cancer. Tyson turned eight on June 13, his fifth birthday with the force since he joined in May of 2019, serving alongside his handler, officer John Laudeman. The Belgian Malinois was born in France and began his training there, but arrived in the U.S. early in 2019 to finish his rigorous training. He was a dual-purpose K9, trained in article searches, narcotics detection, suspect apprehension and handler protection. The city of Delaware, Oakside Animal Clinic and dozens of community members expressed their sympathies online at the loss.“(Tyson) will be remembered by many community children for his willingness to play a game of tug o’ war,” DPD said in a statement. “Our condolences go out to the Laudeman family in this time of loss. Thank you for your service K9 Tyson — we’ll keep watch from here.”

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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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