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Died – 9/27/18 Handler – Officer Jeff Smith Yesterday, the Lehi City Police Department said goodbye to one of own retired K9 partners. K9 Robbie, succumbed to cancer after a short fight. He was a great partner and member of the department and will be missed. The following is from Robbie’s handler: Today our family lost our dog Robbie, but …

Died – 8/19/18 Retired Sandy police K9 dies unexpectedly The Sandy Police Department is mourning the loss of one of their former K9 officers. Officials say K9 Jag passed away unexpectedly on August 19th. He serves as a K9 officer from 2007 until 2016. They say he was responsible for countless narcotics finds and capturing bad guys. Details behind his …

Died 8/9/18 Cache County police K9 dies after ingesting Foxtail weeds at public event A police K9 serving with Cache County Sheriff’s Office died in surgery this week after inadvertently ingesting Foxtail weeds. According to the Cache County Sheriff’s Office, Storm was a 2-year-old Malinois who joined their K9 team in 2017. Storm was at a public event Tuesday night …

Died 6/22/18 Handler – Bennett Weber County Sheriff’s Office mourns the loss of search and rescue K-9 The Weber County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of one of its officers today. “Jackie,” a search and rescue K-9 died Friday morning peacefully in her sleep.The SAR family and the community has lost a hero. Jackie was thanked for her many …

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 …

Died – 3/26/18 Handler – Officer Josh Finona Washington City Police K9 Has Died Hunter, Washington City Police’s first K-9 officer, has died, according to a statement from the Police Department Monday. “It is with a heavy heart that we share with you the passing of our first K-9, Hunter,” the Police Department said Monday morning. Hunter joined the Washington …

Handler – Officer Scott Nielsen Retired Provo Police K9 dies A retired K9 officer with the Provo Police Department died last week. Officials say K9 Loki retired in October of this year after faithfully serving for six years. Loki and his partner Officer Scott Nielsen helped put the bad guys behind bars with an innumerable amount of drug searches and …

1ST Handler – Officer S. Palmer 2ND Handler – Officer Dellinger 3RD Handler – Officer Gillespie West Valley City Police mourn death of K9 Officer Sam The West Valley City Police Department is mourning the loss of a fellow officer, K9 Sam. Officers said Sam started working with West Valley Police in 2009. He had three handlers; officers S. Palmer, …

Died – 8/1/17 Handler – Cpl. Morant Harrison Duchesne County K-9 dies after battling aggressive, terminal cancer A former Duchesne County sheriff’s K-9 died Tuesday after suddenly losing her eyesight and the ability to walk. Q, one of two K-9s with the sheriff’s office, was diagnosed with “a fast-acting, very aggressive form” of terminal cancer earlier this summer, according to …

Died – 7/6/17 Handler – Sgt. Chad Reyes Police K-9 shot and killed during fugitive arrest The successful apprehension of a wanted fugitive was tempered by tragedy late Wednesday when the suspect shot and killed a police dog that was doing exactly what it was trained to do. Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder said the incident began around 11:30 …