K9 Zeus – Sioux City, Iowa

Died – 12/12/22
Handler – Officer Mike Sitzman

Former Sioux City Police K9 dies

The Sioux City Police Department has announced one of their retired K9′s has died. According to the SCPD’s Facebook page, Zeus died on Dec. 12, 2022. He was 11 years old.The SCPD welcomed Zeus to the department in April 2012 and he began his training as a law enforcement dog.“Zeus loved working with his handler, Officer Mike Sitzman, and was certified as a dual-purpose dog in September of 2012 then immediately went into service with the Sioux City Police Department’s K9 Unit,” said SCPD’s Facebook post. Zeus was responsible for dozens of criminal apprehensions and hundreds of narcotics arrests. He was certified every year in narcotics detection, article searches, tracking, and apprehension. Zeus also spent time performing K9 demonstrations at community events and for students at several Sioux City schools.Zeus retired in June 2020 and continued to live with Officer Sitzman and his family until his passing.

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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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