Hello all, I have some questions regarding starting up a fund to help get our city a narcotics dog. I am not a police officer ,but our town does not have a police K9 of any sort. With the growing meth problem in our city I would like to start up a fund so that we can help to add a narcotics dog to our cities police force. Unfortunately I haven't got the faintest idea on where to start or what to do to get started. Has anyone on here done anything like this? And if so, can you get me started in the right direction? I do have dog training business and attended a school for dog training, so I do have some idea on the costs associated with getting the dog, I just don't have any idea on who to talk to or how to go about getting the fund set up. Should I be talking to the city Police Chief? The city commissioners? Any ideas and help will be greatly appreciated.
Great to see a fellow Montanan here! I am located in Billings, am involved in dog sports and am also a drug crime prosecutor so I could probably give you some advice on where to go to get started on this. Feel free to PM me or contact me via my website (should be in the footer of this message).
Ingrid and Chris, please post your info on funding a drug K9 on the board, if that is permitted. Mods? Our community doesn't have a drug K9. People talk about it all the time here but it never goes anywhere and I'm sure cost is a factor. Your input would be greatly appreciated.
just out of curiousity, how big are the towns you guys live in? our's is a bit tiny at only 1800 people, and we have one full time K9 unit. i think the dog is great, but the handler's persona rubs me the wrong way.
when we moved here, i was actually surprised a town this small has it's own police department - i figured they'd just have left it to the sherrif. then again this town was a lot bigger about 30 years ago.
Jamie, Bountiful, Utah is about 44,000+. It is a small city, north of Salt Lake City, that has really grown in the last few years. Unfortunately, as everywhere, there is exponential meth growth in Salt Lake and the surrounding cities.
wow, so how did this tiny town manage to score a k9 unit? it's my understanding the dogs alone cost quite a few thousand bucks, then there's the upkeep as well.
when i lived in california, i thought meth was just a west coast thing - i had no idea that it's use had spread like wildfire all through the midwest (it's a pretty big problem here in rural indiana). during one of the financially hard portions of my life, i had plenty of contact with meth-heads while trying to make ends meet, and i have to say it's gotta be a candidate for one of the most destructive drugs.
Fifteen years ago I interviewed a DEA officer in Salt Lake while we were working on supporting legislation to limit access to some of the chemical precursors to the production of methamphetamine. I recently reread the piece. The agent said meth use was going to spread over the country. "...wouldn't be cooked somewhere out in the desert, but in homes and apartments in our own neighborhoods". Was he ever right.
Where would you start with fundraising or support of a local PD or county sheriff in acquiring a drug K9? What kind of money? Not only in purchasing the dog, but maintaining a fund for vet care, etc.
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