{"id":10997,"date":"2021-07-22T20:47:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T00:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/?p=10997"},"modified":"2021-07-23T20:50:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T00:50:32","slug":"k9-lobo-winston-salem-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/k9-lobo-winston-salem-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"K9 Lobo &#8211; Winston-Salem, North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; display: inline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; display: inline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; display: inline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; display: inline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; display: inline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; display: inline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; display: inline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"font-size: small; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'Calibri'; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-style: normal; display: inline;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"lee-article-text\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; letter-spacing: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-indent: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" align=\"left\">\n<p>Died 7\/22\/21<\/p>\n<p>1st Handler &#8211; <span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;\">Officer Daniel Allen<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>2nd Handler &#8211; <span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;\">Officer Lee Lemert<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lobo, a retired Winston-Salem police dog, died Thursday at the home of his handler. Lobo, an 11-year-old German shepherd, started his career with Officer Daniel Allen, the city of Winston-Salem said Friday on its Facebook page. Lobo was then assigned to Officer Lee Lemert from 2013 to 2018. Lobo and Lemert both retired in December 2018, the Winston-Salem Journal reported in March 2019.\u00a0The dog was responsible for many criminal apprehensions and narcotic seizures, the city said.\u00a0The Winston-Salem Police Department paid $6,500 for Lobo, said Kira Boyd, a police spokeswoman. The dog never suffered any serious injuries while he was on duty, Boyd said.\u00a0\u201cLobo spent his retirement napping, getting unlimited belly rubs, and chasing tennis balls at his home with Officer Lemert and his family,\u201d the city said. \u201cWe thank you for your service, Lobo.\u201d\u00a0The North American Police Working Dog Association tests and certifies the city\u2019s police dogs, the police department said on its website. Once in the field, they work five to seven years, and then the dogs are retired.\u00a0Police dogs, such as Lobo, complete 400 hours of training with their handlers, the police department said on its website. The department lists nine dogs as part of its K-9 unit.\u00a0The dogs are trained to detect the odors of marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines. The dogs also are trained in tracking, article searches, building searches and handler protection.\u00a0In a recent YouTube video, Sgt. Charles Neil Berrier, the commander of the department\u2019s special operations canine unit, described the work of police dogs.\u00a0\u201cThey can do things we can\u2019t do,\u201d Berrier said. \u201cThey can track. If a suspect runs from committing a crime, the dogs can track him down.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Died 7\/22\/21 1st Handler &#8211; Officer Daniel Allen 2nd Handler &#8211; Officer Lee Lemert Lobo, a retired Winston-Salem police dog, died Thursday at the home of his handler. Lobo, an 11-year-old German shepherd, started his career with Officer Daniel Allen, the city of Winston-Salem said Friday on its Facebook page. 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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.","url":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/author\/jimcortina\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11001,"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10997\/revisions\/11001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.k9memorialcards.com\/k9s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}