Car Dealership donates a car to K-9 police dog program

The Monroe Rotary Club’s effort to fund the Monroe Police Department’s K-9 program got a big boost last week, with the announcement that Speedway Chevrolet will donate a car.
”It will probably be a late model Impala,” said Tod Johnson, who with Ken Wheadon of Speedway Chevrolet decided to donate the car. “That’s they type of car they are looking for, that they can easily convert to K-9 use.”
The car will be will be outfitted with a cage in the back, rifle mounts, special temperature controls for the safety of the animals and more.
The Monroe Rotary Club has undertaken a fundraising effort called the K-9 Crusade underway to help restore the city’s police dog program to fully-staffed.
In 2008, the department had four police dogs, including two narcotics dogs and two trackers. One tracking dog, Biz, died recently. And both narcotics dogs are slated to retire.
Replacing the animals is very expensive, not only because the dogs themselves are costly, but because officer training is time consuming, and because the equipment and cars associated with the program are expensive.
The Rotary Club set a fundraising goal of $150,000 for the program. But with the donation of the car, that goal can be reduced.
Before the car can be donated, the club will have to raise the funds to outfit it, though.

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