K9 Haas – Duluth, Minnesota

Died – 1/13/19
Handler – Officer Aaron Haller

Minnesota police K9 shot and killed while on duty

An officer was hurt and a police K9 is dead following a confrontation with a suspect in Minnesota Sunday night. Duluth Police said K9 Haas was shot and killed after responding to a domestic abuse call. Police said they spent an hour negotiating with a suspect before he started shooting at officers. Haas and another officer were hit. The officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries, but the dog died from its injuries. Police returned fire on the suspect, who was found dead. The suspect’s identity has not yet been released. The injured officer has been released from the hospital. K9 Haas , a Belgian Malinois, was born in the Netherlands in January 2016, and has been working with the Duluth Police Department – and Officer Aaron Haller – in the spring of 2017. K-9 Haas was a dual purpose K-9 trained to detect drugs and evidence, and to track and find people. K-9 Haas was twice proven he’s top dog in training. During one of his initial certification classes on narcotics detection, he finished with the top score in the class: 199.67 out of 200. He followed that up at the USPCA regional trials placing first in criminal apprehension out of more than 100 teams.

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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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