K9 Gabber – Monroe, Georgia

Died 9/6/18
Handler – Officer Jacob Palmer

Police K-9 dies after sudden illness

Gabber, a K-9 member of the Monroe Police Department, died suddenly on Thursday night. Public Safety Director Keith Glass said the dog became ill after a short training period Thursday. Gabber died at the University of Georgia Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Services. Glass said he shared the news “with a heavy heart.”The Police Department took Gabber to Monroe Animal Care Hospital, then to East Metro Animal Emergency Clinic in Covington before transferring him to Athens. There, Glass said, “Everything humanly possible was done to save this heroic K-9.”“After several conversations with the attending vet, I made the only decision I could, (and) at approximately 11 p.m. last night, Gabber’s tour of duty with MPD ended,” Glass said Friday. “While his tour of duty was short, it was noteworthy as indicated by his deployment and training record. RIP Gabber.”Gabber went into service with Officer Jacob Palmer on June 15. Together they made 15 deployments, eight of them detection deployments and seven on patrol. Gabber attended 53 training events.

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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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