The Steamboat Springs Police Department’s police dog, Amon, will receive a bulletproof and stab-resistant protective vest ...

The city’s three police dogs will each receive a ballistic vest today. The protective vests, which cost $475 apiece, will come from Vest-A-Dog, a nonprofit organization.

K9 Frank will help police in two ways: by finding people or things and by helping catch suspects, the department said Wednesday.

South St. Paul police officer Mike Running worries that his K-9 partner, Sammy, could face serious danger someday. Although the 2-year-old German shepherd has not encountered a knife-wielding suspe… ...

A bit of an upset stomach didn’t prevent one of Washington County’s favorite police dogs from modeling his fancy new protective ballistics vest for a gymnasium full of students Tuesday ...

Oceanside — A group of students at an Oceanside elementary school spearheaded an effort to buy a bulletproof vest for a police dog in the Oceanside Police Department Canine Unit. The student ...

Tony LaRussa | Tribune-Review K9 gets protective vest Northern Regional Police Officer Michael Stevenson and his police dog Theo were the guests of honor at a ceremony in Pine Community Park on ...

The nonprofit has provided more than 4,000 vests to police dogs across the country because of private and corporate donations. RELATED STORIES. Goodyear police dog retires after 7 years of service.

Technology provides one remedy. This summer the Fort Wayne, Ind., Police Department received “K9 cooling vests” for three of the 10 dogs in the department’s K9 unit, said Sgt. Bob Theurer.

Protective Vests for Police Dogs. By REBECCA MAHONEY . Aug. 5, 2001 ... 12-year-old Kelly Davis founded the first organization in Maine aimed at putting flak jackets on the backs of every police dog.