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CPWDA Announcements

CPWDA Trainer Certification Recipients:
First Row L TO R. Officer Dennis Bradshaw, Monroe Police
Department, Officer Jay Venditto, Hamden Police Department, Officer Todd
Lynch, New London Police Department, Sgt. James Antonelli, Danbury
Police Department and Officer Eric Rocheleau of West Hartford Police
Department. Second Row L to R Inspector James Imbert,
Federal Protective Service, Sgt. Bill Finucane, MTA Police Department,
Officer Robert Johnson, Manchester Police Department, Officer Frank Reda,
Norwalk Police Department and Officer John Mahon of Southington Police
Department. Missing from photo - Lt. Frank McDermott, Hamden Police
Department and Officer Richard Boyle of Manchester Police Department. (
February 2010 meeting )

Officer Dan Gagnon, Ledyard Police
Department and Officer Tom Clements of Stratford Police Department
receive their memorial plaques for their deceased partners K9 "Jack and
K9 "Zak". (Left to Right ) James Cortina, CPWDA Treasurer, Officer Dan
Gagnon, CPWDA President William Nott Jr. of Ledyard Police Department,
Officer Tom Clements of Stratford Police Department and CPWDA Secretary
Rosario Savastra of West Hartford Police Department.( February 2010
meeting )

Past CPWDA President, Officer Eric
Rocheleau, of West Hartford Police Department, receives his plaque from
CPWDA Executive Board Members. ( L to R ) James Cortina, CPWDA
Treasurer, Current CPWDA President, Willian Nott Jr., Ledyard Police
Department, and CPWDA Secretary Rosario Savastra of West Hartford Police
Department. Officer Roceleau served as CPWDA President 2008 and
2009. ( February 2010 meeting )

2009 Connecticut Police K-9 Olympic
Winners
Top K-9 Team

The Connecticut Police Work Dog
Association congratulates Officer Robert Johnson & K-9 Dibbs from
Manchester Police Department for coming in 1st place at the 2009
Connecticut Police K-9 Olympics held at Stores, Connecticut on July 25,
2009 where over 30 K-9 units competed.


Officer Matthew Lima of
Milford Police Department and K-9 Judge received the Wasson Award
1st runner-up plaque, certificate and Wasson bar from the Connecticut
Police Work Dog Association Board of Directors at an awards meeting. The
“Daniel Wasson Memorial Canine Award” is named after a Milford K9 police
officer who was killed in the line of duty. Photo from left to right: CPWDA President, Officer William Nott Jr., Officer Matthew Lima of
Milford Police Department, CPWDA Secretary, Officer Rosario Savastra and
CPWDA Treasurer, James A. Cortina. ( 2009 meeting )

Officer Robert Johnson and
his K-9 Dibbs from Manchester Police Department received a Connecticut
Police Work Dog Association certificate for winning the Connecticut
Police Canine Olympics which was held in Storrs Connecticut at the
U-Conn campus on July 25, 2009. Over 30 K-9 teams competed with Officer
Johnson being the states top K-9 team winning the event. Photo from left
to right: CPWDA President, Officer William Nott Jr., Officer Mathew Lima
of Milford Police Department, CPWDA Secretary, Officer Rosario Savastra
and CPWDA Treasurer, James A. Cortina. ( 2009 meeting )
Officer Jo-Anne Gagnon
from Manchester Police Department is presented a K9 memorial plaque
for her K9 " Chully" from CPWDA President Eric Rocheleau of West
Hartford Police Department.
Officer George Potts ( L
) from New London Police Department is presented a K9 memorial
plaque for his K9 "Sequoia" from CPWDA President Eric Rocheleau of
West Hartford Police Department.
CPWDA President, Eric Rocheleau ( L
) from West Hartford Police Department presents a K9 memorial plaque
to Officer Jeff Angell for "K-9 Niko" of Windsor Locks Police
Department.
CPWDA President, Eric Rocheleau
from West Hartford Police Department presents a K9 memorial plaque
to Officer Amy Fiano for her K-9
"Valor" of Windsor Police Department.
  

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