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Died 8/29/18 Handler – Lieutenant Renee Dominguez CPWDA is sad to announce the passing of Lieutenant Renee Dominguez retired K9 partner Bitang of the New Haven Police Department. Lieutenant Dominguez had to make the difficult decision to have Bitang euthanized yesterday. He was diagnosed with a tumor in his nose in May and quickly declined. Lieutenant Dominguez & K9 Bitang …

Died – 7/15/18 Handler – Officer Douglas Deiso CPWDA is sad to announce the passing of retired K9 Turbo who was handled by Officer Doug Deiso of the Stamford Police Department. Officer Deiso made the hard, painful but loving decision today to end his loyal partner’s suffering and had Turbo euthanized. Officer Deiso and K9 Turbo were members of the …

CPWDA is sad to announce the passing of K9 Ostin who died on 7/10/18 and was partnered with Officer Patrick Huntley of the Plainville Police Department. Officer Huntley and K9 Ostin joined the CPWDA on 8/28/10 and was a Lifetime Member. Ostin was certified in Patrol and Narcotics and was in service from 8/20/10 – 7/10/18. K9 Ostin was 10 …

Died – 7/9/18 Handler – Officer David McNeice CPWDA is sad to announce the passing of Officer Dave McNeice’s retired K9 partner Mack who was 15 years old of the East Windsor Police Department. K9 Mack served from July of 2005 to July of 2014 and was deployed 438 times in his career in East Windsor. Officer McNeice has been …

Died – 7/2/18 Handler – Officer Joe Capodiferro RIP K9 Drak, Farmington PD. Thank you for your service K9 Drak started his career at the age of 2 1/2 years old with the Farmington Police Department with Officer Joe Capodiferro, now retired. K9 Drak spent 9 years as a duel purpose K9 with patrol and narcotics. In his career he …

Died – 4/25/18 Handler – Detective Kevin Zanic Naugatuck police mourn the loss of retired K9 It was an emotional Wednesday for the Naugatuck Police Department who had to say their final goodbyes to retired K9 officer Pete. Naugatuck police said Pete served seven years with the department from 2008-13. Police said Pete served his entire career with Naugatuck Police …

Died – 4/13/18 TFC. Lance Carlson K9 Erol Passes It is with deep sadness that Troop B announces the unexpected passing of K-9 Erol #9005. K-9 Erol passed away suddenly on 04/13/2018 while off-duty. K-9 Erol served faithfully with his K-9 handler, TFC Carlson #955 for several years. K-9 Erol graduated from the CSP K-9 Academy in 2015 and recently …

CPWDA is sad to announce the passing of retired police K9 Johny of the Windsor Locks Police Department. K9 Johny was the partner of Officer John Carney who both joined the CPWDA on 4/6/07 and became Lifetime Members on 4/10/08. K9 Johny will be missed greatly by all members of the CPWDA and the greater K9 community and the town …

BELOVED MADISON POLICE DOG GWEN PASSES AWAY She wasn’t the chief and she didn’t drive a squad car, but recently retired police canine Gwen was a loved and respected member of the Madison Police force. After more than a decade of service as a highly successful police narcotics detection K-9, the department announced Gwen recently passed away. Gwen, a female …

Died – 12/4/17 Handler – Officer Gregory Howard Fritz, Stonington’s first police dog, dies Fritz, the German shepherd who was part of the police department’s first K-9 team and retired in 2014, was euthanized Monday night. Fritz, 11, who was teamed up with now Detective Greg Howard, had been suffering from health issues and the decision was made to put …