Police’s K-9 officers give back

Two furry members of the Beaverton Police Department’s K-9 Unit have now reached “Superhero” status.

German shepherds Watson and Kahz in the past couple weeks donated blood through the DoveLewis Blood Bank Program to aid in its effort to provide enough blood and plasma every year for more than 600 transfusions for dogs and cats.

Both K-9 officers were identified as ideal donors when all five police handlers had their canine partners tested to see if they had one of the two “universal” blood types for dogs.

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