These wonderful service dogs:
-Lost Children
-Disoriented Adults
-Evading Suspects
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And it’s all in a day’s work!
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TO OUR APPLYING AGENCIES:
In the past eight years, we have been proud to place more than 107 trained bloodhounds to law enforcement departments across the nation. Our volunteers have given their time, effort and money to helping each of these bloodhounds develop into strong partners for their law enforcement handlers. Additionally, our trainers have spent countless hours training those receiving handlers, and helping acquaint them with the personality and characteristics of the bloodhound they receive.
To this point, we have assigned no cost or charge to the receiving agencies. All costs in excess of donations have been borne by the founders of this organization. Each year, the gap between funds donated versus funds needed has widened, until it has become insupportable. Our specific needs have increased, and we can no longer expect volunteers to handle all of the demands of this organization. Instead, we must consider additional avenues of survival.
The choices are simple: either we discontinue the placing program, or we employ a ‘sliding scale’ for the requesting departments. Obviously, we feel that we have made a significant difference in many communities, and that our trained bloodhounds have given great value to law enforcement. And we feel that it is important to continue this program.
In the past eight years, we have been proud to place more than 107 trained bloodhounds to law enforcement departments across the nation. Our volunteers have given their time, effort and money to helping each of these bloodhounds develop into strong partners for their law enforcement handlers. Additionally, our trainers have spent countless hours training those receiving handlers, and helping acquaint them with the personality and characteristics of the bloodhound they receive.
To this point, we have assigned no cost or charge to the receiving agencies. All costs in excess of donations have been borne by the founders of this organization. Each year, the gap between funds donated versus funds needed has widened, until it has become insupportable. Our specific needs have increased, and we can no longer expect volunteers to handle all of the demands of this organization. Instead, we must consider additional avenues of survival.
The choices are simple: either we discontinue the placing program, or we employ a ‘sliding scale’ for the requesting departments. Obviously, we feel that we have made a significant difference in many communities, and that our trained bloodhounds have given great value to law enforcement. And we feel that it is important to continue this program.
To this end, effective immediately, we ask that each requesting department review their ability to pay some portion of the cost associated with these trained bloodhounds. Our premise is simple: If those departments who have the ability to pay will do so (or pay some portion of those costs), we can continue to scholarship those departments who do not have that ability. There is legal precedent stating drug forfeiture dollars can be utilized (while these dogs aren’t trained to track narcotics, they certainly are trained to track the narcotics dealers). See link to Attorney General’s opinion on the right side of this page.
Additionally, the training that we provide to handlers could come from a number of budgeted areas.
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