Peoria Police tackling ‘dog days’ of summer

The Peoria Police Department is using technology to help their canine units beat the “dog days” of summer.

K-9 officers at the police department have been outfitted with small devices that constantly inform them of the inside temperature of their vehicles.

When the temperature in the car gets around 84 degrees, the officer is notified, the back windows of the car roll down, and fans turn on to cool off the dog.

It’s all in an effort to keep these furry members of the squad safe.

“They’re every bit as important as we are,” says Doug Burgess, public information officer for the department. “They’ve got a job to do and we expect them to be able to perform it when we need them and therefore, we try to protect them as much as possible.”

The police department started utilizing this technology when they bought their new K-9 cruisers last year.

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