Todd Mona graduated the CSP K9 Academy In 2006 for patrol work with his first dog K9 Primo. They went on to join CPWDA in 2007 where they were the Daniel Wasson Memorial award winner twice and runner up once. The team also won numerous awards at the Connecticut Police K9 Olympics to include 1st and 3rd place finishes along with top awards for obedience, tactical obedience and criminal apprehension over their career. Primo was stabbed several times in 2009 in his back and head. He was able to make a full recovery after several months and return to full duty until retiring in 2015. During their tenure they logged over 2000 training hours including tactical swat school, high risk deployment school, tracking seminars, perimeter containment’s and decoy school. Primo had over 125 tracking finds and building search finds during his career. In 2014 Todd Mona achieved his Maintenance Trainer certification in which he hosted his first patrol class in 2015 and founded the ‘Capital Region K9 Academy’. Mona also bred, selected and raised a puppy from a litter to be his new partner in the class. K9 Casus Belli has since gone on to win numerous awards at the Cabelas K9 competition, Dreamride K9 competition, Connecticut Police K9 Olympics and second runner up to the Daniel Wasson Memorial award. In 2016 Mona hosted his second patrol class and in 2016 hosted a three day building search class. In 2018 Mona crossed trained Casus in gun detection work through M/T Scribner. Mona has assisted M/T Scribner in several patrol/narcotics classes in the past few years. Mona has logged to date through 2019 over 2500 training hours with his second dog and currently in the process of testing for trainer through NAPWDA. Casus has over 50 finds on tracks and building searches to date as well as locating 5 stolen firearms. Officer Mona became C.P.W.D.A. North East Vice-president in 2021
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