K9 Falco – Hampton, Virginia

Died – 9/28/15
1st Handler – Officer Tom Hendrickson
2nd Handler – Officer Brian Williams
3rd Handler – Officer Brian Boyd

Hampton police mourning loss of K-9 Falko

Hampton Police Division is mourning the loss of one of their four-legged companions. Falko II, a K-9 German shepherd for Hampton police, passed away on Monday. “He was by far one of the very best tracking dogs the city has ever had, racking up numerous felony and misdemeanor apprehensions,” said Master K-9 Handler Tom Hendrickson. Falko began his career training under Hendrickson, working with him for nine months. He later worked the evening shift in Chesapeake for eight months with Police Officer Brian Williams before spending the rest of his career with Master Police Officer Brian Boyd. Boyd worked with Falko for six years before the dog retired. Boyd then adopted him. Falko compiled hundreds of narcotic finds, vehicle searches, parcel scans, school searches and search warrants, Hendrickson said.”This dog came out of the truck each and every time with an air of complete confidence and a will do attitude,” Hendrickson said. “They say the attitude usually runs down leash from the handler to the dog. In Falko’s case it was oftentimes reversed.” Falko was 10 years old.

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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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