Canonsburg Police Seek K-9 Program
Mayor David H. Rhome and members of the Canonsburg Police Department announced plans for the program Monday—and received council's blessing to proceed with fundraising efforts.
Officer safety. Narcotics detection. Tracking. “A dog can do what human eyes can’t and what human hands can’t,” Det. Al Coghill told Canonsburg Council Monday—when Mayor David H. Rhome and the police department announced it was seeking to implement a K9 program in the borough. They attended council’s meeting to seek its blessing in proceeding with plans for the program, a blessing that council granted. Members of the police department were clear: The price to implement the program is steep, and the only way to pay for the $55,000 to $60,000 upstart costs would be through the support of local businesses willing to donate to what officers called an asset to the department and community. Those initial costs include the price of the dog, as …
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