Keeping our police dogs safe!!!
I have written a lot of entries in this blog about the working police dogs that keep us safe both in this country serving with our domestic police and overseas as military police dogs. Many of these dogs who put their lives on the line everyday do so without any protection for themselves. However, that is slowly changing.
Susie Jean is a woman, who saw a need to protect our canine protectors and in 2002 created a not for profit organization that raises money to purchase bulletproof/stabproof vests for the nation’s police canine units. The organization is called Vest N’ P.D.P (Vest and Police Dog Protection). The sole purpose of the organization is to raise money to purchase the vests needed by these dogs all over the country. To see more about the organization, you can click here.
The organization is sponsored by Douglas County Bank and Uniform Sales of America, but Ms. Jean actively searches for sources of funding so that vests can be provided without economic hardship to the various police agencies with canine units across the country.
Tony Stewart, the awarding winning NASCAR driver, has been a strong supporter of this effort. Through the Tony Steward Foundation 30 custome made canine vests have been purchased and delivered to the Indiana State Police last Thursday. Currently, this partnership between Susie Jean and the Tony Stewart Foundation will also provide additional vests for K-9 police dogs in Georgia, North Carolina and Minnesota.
The canine vests cost $695.00 a piece so the costs can be prohibitive for local police agencies. However, through the generosity of foundations such as Tony Stewart’s and others, the vests can protect those most vulnerable to the dangerous environment in which they work each and every day.
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