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National Association of Chiefs of Police
K-9 Assistance Program Highlights
Since
2001, NACOP has assisted police departments throughout the United
States with their K-9 programs. The K-9
Partnership program has proven to be one of our most successful and
rewarding programs. As of September, 2009 - $725,406 has been given to underfunded police
departments in 26 states.
Unfortunately,
many police agencies do not have the funding to maintain a police
canine program. Many of these are small to midsize departments that
simply do not have the budget to include this service. In many cases
these small communities have become a haven for drug traffickers.
These criminals know that the police do not have the resources to
adequately protect the public from them.
For
most of these communities, it would only take one dog, one trained
police canine to help rid the community of this criminal element.
For
eight years now, the National Association of Chiefs of Police has
helped as many of these underfunded departments as possible. With donations from
citizens throughout the United States, NACOP has worked with
departments to add a dog to an existing program or to help departments
fund their first canine.
The
need is great. Every week more departments apply for funding. We would
like to provide a canine for each department that has a need.
Unfortunately, unless we receive donations to meet this need we will
not be able to provide the funding.
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