Dover, Tenn.—The Hero K9 equipment grant awarded to the Stewart County Sheriff’s Office for their K9 Harry is now in use.
The NRA Foundation awarded a Hero K9 grant totaling $2,600 to fund a door pop + heat alarm system, a multi-threat vest, and a Ranger K9 Trauma Kit, to the sheriff’s office at no cost. The pop+ heat alarm system produces an alarm if the vehicle gets 90 degrees or hotter and the back window goes down and the air conditioning comes on.
“We are grateful to the NRA Foundation in Tennessee for making this grant possible,” said Hero K9’s President, Kriscel Estrella, “and pleased that the NRA is making an investment in the Stewart County community.”
This is the second grant from the NRA related to an agency in the state. The in-squad kennel valued at $2,500 was funded through an online fundraiser hosted on Hero K9’s website.
K9 Harry is a 2-year-old Belgian Malinois certified in Patrol and Narcotics. He is partnered with Deputy Robbie MacDonald. Harry is extremely smart, loves giving hugs and kisses, and certified in Narcotics in less time than expected. On his very first track, K9 Harry located an elderly woman, who suffers from dementia, on the bank of the river in 20-degree weather.
The door pop + heat alarm system valued at $1,500, by AceK9.com dba Radiotronics in Stuart, FL; the made-to-order multi-threat vest valued at $950, by Safariland in Jacksonville, FL; the Ranger K9 Trauma Kit valued at $150, by Hero K9; and, the in-squad kennel valued at $2,500 by American Aluminum in Perry, FL.
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