K9 Dallas – Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Died 7/24/20
Handler – Officer Eric Steiner

Cape Girardeau police gathered to pay final respects to K-9 Dallas

Members of the Cape Girardeau Police Department gathered on Friday morning to pay their final respects to K-9 Dallas. Patrolman Eric Steiner escorted Dallas into a veterinarian office using a specialized canine carrier because the K-9 was unable to walk on his own. Coworkers, family and friends were there also. K-9 Dallas was diagnosed with an acute, non-compressive nucleus pulposus extrusion, which caused spinal failure and left the K-9 in a constant state of discomfort and pain. He could not walk and he quit eating. According to the police department, K-9 Dallas recently returned from a specialist in Columbia, Mo. for a final attempt to give him a chance at a comfortable life following his recent paralysis. They said all the veterinarian professionals told them euthanization was the only humane solution. Dallas was born on Christmas Eve in 2014 and he joined the Cape Girardeau Police Department on patron on June 2, 2017 after attending a training program at Riverview Canine in Cape Girardeau. The department said Dallas was as comfortable putting on demonstrations for local charities as he was searching wooded areas for armed suspects. He conducted nearly 200 vehicle searches and tracked 20 suspects who fled from various crime scenes. “Dallas was a much-loved and appreciated member of the Cape Girardeau Police Department and his presence will be missed by all who knew him,” the police department said in a release.

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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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