Nebraska police officers bring shelter dogs on ride-alongs
Nebraska cops bring shelter dogs on patrol to increase their adoptability.
In partnership with the Nebraska Humane Society, officers of the La Vista Police Department have been known to bring shelter dogs on ride-alongs in hopes that they would be adopted.
Called “K9 for a Day,” one dog at a time rides along with an officer as he goes through his day. It started with a pit bull named Mickey, who was adopted several days after his ride-along experience.
The La Vista Police Department got the idea from a similar program in Green Bay, Wisconsin, while Dog O”Day learned of this story from Wide Open Pets.
"“The program offers an opportunity to not only strengthen our relationship with our partners at the Nebraska Human Society, but also allows our officers an opportunity to engage our community in a way that we may not have been able to without the addition of a great dog,” Police Captain Bryan Waugh told This Dog’s Life."
La Vista is located on the far eastern side of the Cornhusker State; it’s a suburb on the east side of Omaha, Nebraska’s largest city, and has about 18,000 residents.
While the last update on this program came in late 2017, it is currently unknown whether it is still in operation, as the LVPD did not respond to Dog O’Day’s request for more information.
In other shelter news from around the country recently, Oklahoma City slashed their adoption fees in half and offered some animals for free during their “Feline Navidad/Hounds for the Holidays” program, and in St. Louis shelter pups took to the stage and posed with ballet dancers in the hopes of being adopted.
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