Utah County Sheriff's Office K-9 Team

05/18/2026

04/23/2026

If you remember from earlier this month, we posted about Judy and her generous donation of a single purpose drug detection dog, a new explosive detection dog.

Judy Shafer got to meet the Explosive Detection K9 "Ruby" (and Handler Deputy Metcalf.)

Judy got to meet Ruby, an 18-month-old Chocolate Labrador Retriever one of the Police Service Dogs she purchased for the Utah County Sheriff's Office and Handler Deputy Metcalf on 4-15-26.

Judy is such a wonderful person, and I have some opportunity to visit with her. She is very knowledgeable about canines and has a love for Police Service Dogs.
She is always interested in ways to help the service dog program and has attended training with our team.
We would like to offer our appreciation to Judy for all she has done!!!!

Sgt. Lance McDaniel
Utah County Sheriff's Office
K9 Supervisor

03/23/2026

PSD Dude had an opportunity to compete again in the Las Vegas Metro K9 Trials at the South Point Arena. Thanks to Chris on Instagram for the photos. If you haven’t been to one of these K9 trials, we highly recommend checking them out for an opportunity to see Police K9s compete.

12/19/2025

Deputy Riley Redford recently joined our K9 team and has been certified in both narcotics detection and patrol apprehension with his partner Frankie. They are also one of our first K9 teams certified in fentanyl detection! Shortly after they passed the certification, they had their first fentanyl find! We are excited to see what the future brings with this crime fighting pair!

12/15/2025

We are sad to announce that one of our retired K9 Kage has passed away. He spent his retirement days living in Tennessee. We hope your journey over the rainbow bridge is better than ever. Thank you for your service to the community Kage!

08/18/2025

We are saddened at the loss of two of our Brothers with Tremonton Police Department. Our thoughts go out to their families at this time.

08/03/2025

Last night was a blast! Our team played a game of K9 Black Jack during the Demolition Derby. We hope you enjoyed the demonstration and if you missed it, please come see us next year! We would like to thank the following business who donated some amazing gifts for our winners.

IFA
Reams Western Outfitters
The 5 Cent Barber
The Branded Barbers
Black Rifle Coffee Company
Fiiz
Heath's Blends

08/01/2025

Come join us at the Utah County Fair today and tomorrow. K9 Kash, Vinny, Loki, H***h, Frankie, Zarj, Dude, and Rico will all be there throughout the day to say Hi to. Tomorrow will be a Blackjack event happening during an intermission. Stop by our booth and checkout our new challenge coins for sale and grab some other goodies.

07/02/2025

This is our new challenge coin that our K9 team will be selling soon at the Utah County Fair. Please come by and support our K9 team. We will have our apprehension and narcotics as well as our explosive K9s available to meet and greet!

03/15/2025

One of our beloved partners in our training team passed over the rainbow bridge.