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Died – 5/22/18
Handler – Deputy Kyle Fuller
Deputy Fuller provided the following. On May 22, 2018 K9 Aries left our pack with the Uintah County Sheriff’s K9 Unit to start his own. Aries was the first ever certified explosive detection K9 in the Uintah Basin. Aries completed training in September of 2016 and was certified on explosives from each of the different families of explosives. Aries was also certified on bite apprehension, tracking, and trailing. Aries was deployed multiple times on bomb threats, homicide investigations, probation checks, tracking fleeing subjects, and evidence location that extended beyond the boundaries of Uintah County. Aries trained exceptionally hard for hours each week in order to be prepared to deploy at a moments notice. Aries was a small Belgian Malinois with and an enormous amount of energy. Aries enjoyed searching so much he could deploy for hours at a time looking for explosives. If Aries kennel inside our patrol vehicle was left open even slightly, Aries would try his hardest to get into the passenger seat to see what was going on. I had the privilege of training and deploying with K9 Aries. I always knew that I could trust Aries if deployed in any situation. When others were being evacuated from a bomb threat Aries and I were going in to make sure the area was safe. I knew I could always trust Aries would not miss anything in those tense situations. Aries would watch me each and every time I got out of my patrol vehicle on a traffic stop or made contact with someone, making sure that I was safe. Aries would alert me if anyone walked up on our patrol vehicle which gave me peace of mind in a time when officers are being shot while eating or just fueling up their vehicles.Aries was recently diagnosed with cancer which lead to stomach complications. I appreciate the honor to be a part of Aries K9 team and he will be sorely missed.
Deputy Kyle Fuller
