The following is a communication I received yesterday from Outagamie County Supervisor (and Grand Chute resident) Pat Stevens regarding K9 services provided by Outagamie County Sheriff's Department.
January 21, 2009
TO: Police Merger Advisory Committee
FROM: Pat Stevens
I was concerned with a comment made about the K9 dog at the Appleton Police Department possibly not being available to Grand Chute.
Apparently some are not aware that the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Department currently has 3 fully trained K9 dogs. They are dual trained in bomb and tracking. (searching for lost children, robbery suspects, etc.) Also, the County Board recently approved a grant application for the Sheriff’s Department. It is a “for sure” grant and they will be using the money to acquire a fully trained drug K9 dog before the end of the year.
My concern is that you may not realize the availability of these dogs and that the taxpayer’s in Grand Chute are already paying for that service. We really do not need to think of duplicating it.
