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<br />WS – Item 8 <br /> <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item <br /> <br /> <br />Date: March 4, 2019 <br /> <br />To: City Council <br /> <br />From: John Swenson, Public Safety Director <br /> <br />Re: Police Canine Rotation <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The current K9 Team, Officer Noll and K9 Justice, have been serving our community <br />since December 2012. K9 Justice will be eight years old this coming April and has <br />experienced injuries that have limited his service to our community. <br /> <br />In speaking with Officer Noll regarding the on-going medical problems Justice has <br />experienced, it is apparent that we have to begin the process of preparing for Justice’s <br />retirement from police service. <br /> <br />In the coming months we will begin the process of selecting our next K9 handler, <br />purchasing a police K9, and identifying a training and certification course for our new K9 <br />team. <br /> <br />As previously requested by Council, we are bringing this information to Council to <br />determine if Council would like to overlap the service period of our K9 teams. Staff <br />anticipates that this overlap would last approximately 3 to 6 months depending on how <br />the initial training and certification process goes with the new K9 team. <br /> <br />If we overlap the K9 teams, we would need to temporarily modify an existing squad car <br />to safely accommodate a police K9. Staff anticipates this expense would be between <br />$1,000 and $1,500. This would allow for a kennel or plywood enclosure for the K9 in the <br />squad and a heat alarm. Staff hopes to utilize the heat alarm that was removed from the <br />previous K9 vehicle, which was a Chevy Tahoe. These expenditures would be covered <br />with existing budgeted resources. <br /> <br />Staff is requesting Council direction on this matter. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />None