K9 Zev – Renton, Washington

Died 7/4/20
Handler – Officer Adam

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of K9 Zev. This past Saturday Officer Adam found his partner had passed away overnight due to unknown causes. We are awaiting the report from the vet. Officer Adam has been with the Renton Police Department since 1995, and was partnered with K9 Zev in 2015. Zev was a seven-year-old German Shepard who came to the Renton Police Department from Germany. Officer Adam and Zev completed their training with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office in May of 2015, and worked together serving the Renton community as a State Accredited Generalist Master Handler K9 team. Zev had an amazing ability to track human scent with intense focus, locating numerous dangerous criminals during his career. Zev literally jumped, repeatedly, at the opportunity to do police work. While at work Zev made many appearances at community events, Boy Scouts events and Community Police Academy classes. Officer Adam and Zev were pals with mutual admiration for each other. On Zev’s days off he was part of the family spending time at home just being a dog and companion. Zev was an incredibly courageous Police K9 that served as a guardian to the City of Renton. The bond between Zev and Officer Adam was unparalleled and will never be forgotten. We will miss you Zev! We hope you enjoy this video we put together to honor Officer Adam and Zev’s partnership.

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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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