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Local Police Dog Gets Added Protection

Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department

One of the Washtenaw County Sheriff Department K-9 officers is getting some extra protection.

Bady, a 20 month-old GermanShephard dog who joined the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department last January, will soon be wearing a bullet and stab protective vest.

He is the last of the department's patrol dogs to get the extra protection.

Credit Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department
Washtenaw County Sheriff Police Dog Bady

Washtenaw County undersheriffMark Ptaszek says the police dogs deserve the same protection that sheriff deputies are provided.

"The dogs do the same work as the deputy sherrifs do, so we wanted to make sure they have the same protection as the deputy sheriffs do," Ptaszek says.

Money for the K-9 vest is being donated by Theodore Sipple of Manchester and comes from a non-profit organization called Vested Interest in K-9's.

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Lisa Barry was a reporter, and host of All Things Considered on 89.1 WEMU.
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