East Hartford Police Department has a long history of K-9 team service with the creation of our first team in September of 1990.
The teams as of May 07 are:
Officer Grossi with K-9 Oden
Officer Mona with K-9 Primo
Officer Zavalick with K-9 Axel
In the past fifteen years the following K-9 teams have served the East Hartford Police Department with distinction:
Officer Kornfeld with K-9 Luke since 1990. -Retired
Officer Kornfeld with K-9 Friday since 1997. -Retired
Officer Proulx with K-9 Bruno 1992. -Retired
Officer Proulx with K-9 Dakota in 1999. -Retired
Detective Turley with K-9 Miranda since 1994. - Retired
Officer Zavalick with K-9 Raven since 1997. -Retired
Officer Grossi with K-9 Odin since 2001.
Officer Malley with K-9 Max since 2005. - Retired
Officer Mona with K-9 Primo since 2006
Officer Zavalick with K-9 Axel since 2007
Officer Zavalick with retired K-9 Raven and most recent K-9 Axel
Our K-9 unit as a whole since 1990:
Assisted in the search and rescue efforts at 911 (see picture below).
Assisted in over a 1000 arrests.
Searched over 1.2 million square feet of residential and commercial space for suspects.
Given K-9 demonstrations to more than one quarter million people.
Our K-9 Teams have seized the following quantities of drugs and related items:
100' pounds of marijuana
Over 13 pounds of cocaine
450 grams of heroin
In excess of $250,000 forfeited by drug dealers
Officer Mona with K-9 Primo beginning a track of a suspect
Officer Grossi with K-9 Odin conducting a motor vehicle stop
Officer Mona with K-9 Primo stand by while a suspect is patted down for weapons
On Tuesday afternoon, September 11th 2001, our three champion K-9 teams join those from the CT State Police at the site of the World Trade Center attack in Manhattan to assist in locating victims.
Our Police K-9s have always been winners. Since 1992 we have held top positions in the Connecticut Police K-9 Olympics, held in Storrs, Ct.
The Annual CT K-9 Olympics competition has been held for the past 14 years. For 11 of those years, we have taken 1st place awards. In 2005, we again took the top spot. Officer Steven Grossi and his dog Odin, competing for their first time, took 1st place honors and Officer John Zavalick and Raven took 3rd place honors. Officer Robert Kornfeld and Friday took awards for Top Dog in Obedience and Most Experienced Handler categories. There was only 1 year in 14 that East Hartford did not have a canine team in the top 3. At the 10th annual competition, East Hartford took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
Here's a little history;
Officer Robert Kornfeld and K-9 Luke took 1st place 3 times.
Officer William Proulx and K-9 Bruno took 1st place 4 times.
Officer John Zavalick and K-9 Raven took 1st place 3 times.
Officer Steven Grossi and K-9 Odin took 1st place honors on his first competition.
During the Las Vegas K-9 trails in 2001, the K-9 unit took 2nd place over all.
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