K9 Ares – Beaufort, South Carolina

Died 7/9/22
Handler – Staff Sergeant Jeff Lauver

Beaufort K9 passes away after complications with cancer

The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office announced one of their retired K9s passed away from cancer. K9 Ares served the community from 2013 until his retirement in April of this year, the department said. He passed away Sunday following complications with cancer.”Born to love. Trained to Serve. Loyal to the end. K9 Ares, a Belgian Malinois, met his partner Staff Sergeant Jeff Lauver in September of 2013,” the department said on Facebook. “K9 Ares was trained as a Multi-Purpose K9 (Tracking, Narcotic, Article Searches, Building Searches, Criminal Apprehension, Officer Protection, etc.). SSgt. Lauver says one of the highlights of K9 Ares career was tracking and locating a suspect underneath a home following a vehicle pursuit that turned into an assault on a police officer.” He retired early from his career when he was diagnosed with Lymphoma Sarcoma which is cancer of the lymph nodes.Staff said his short few months of retirement he was able to enjoy eating lots of treats, playing with toys and snuggling his human siblings.”K9 Ares – you will be sorely missed. Thank you for your service to our community.”

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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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