Died – 6\/23\/16
\nHandler – Police Chief Eric Pratt<\/p>\n
Salina Police Say Goodbye To Their Very First K-9 Officer<\/p>\n
Summit County Sheriff\u2019s deputies and officers with the Salina Police Department are mourning the loss of their very first K-9 officer who passed away Thursday afternoon. K-9 Officer Thomas passed away at him home, two years after retiring. Thomas started his career with the Summit County Sheriff\u2019s Department and worked there for approximately eight years doing both narcotics and apprehension work. K-9 Thomas was 13 years old at the time of his passing and enjoyed general good health up until the last few days of his life. He then served with the Salina Police department in narcotics from 2012 to 2014 when he retired. \u201cThe Salina City Police Department is grateful for the hard work K-9 Thomas contributed to the communities that he served, and for all the good times and fun everyone had interacting with him,\u201d Salina Police Department said in a police department. \u201cHe will always be remembered by the officers who worked with him for his incredibly high prey drive, courage, and hardness. There truly aren\u2019t many working dogs like Thomas was. Thomas was known throughout the state of Utah in the K-9 world for both the challenges he presented his handlers with as well for so many of his awesome traits that made him a highly reliable and fearsome drug\/apprehension dog.\u201d Salina Police Chief Eric Pratt was Thomas\u2019 handler. \u201cYou will be forever missed,\u201d Pratt said. \u201cThomas, you were the only dog I have every truly loved, feared, and respected all at the same time! Love your daddy, Eric\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Died – 6\/23\/16 Handler – Police Chief Eric Pratt Salina Police Say Goodbye To Their Very First K-9 Officer Summit County Sheriff\u2019s deputies and officers with the Salina Police Department are mourning the loss of their very first K-9 officer who passed away Thursday afternoon. K-9 Officer Thomas passed away at him home, two years …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[43],"class_list":["post-1745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-k9memorial","tag-ut"],"yoast_head":"\n