The K-9 fund was started in 2006 as the Eau Claire Police Department had a need for additional K-9 dogs, however, no traditional government funding options had been available to expand this program.

Tax-deductible donations can be made to support the Eau Claire Police Department K-9 units at:

http://www.eccommunityfoundation.org/donations.phtml

The Eau Claire Police Department has had one K-9 unit since 1990.  Since that time, we have found that the K-9 unit is an extremely important asset to our department as he assists patrol officers with dangerous tasks thereby increasing both police and officer safety.

K-9 dogs are very well trained and very well controlled by their handler.  The dogs are also very friendly when no working and doing community presentations such as:

• How they perform narcotics detection
• The different ways that suspect location and apprehension can be done
• Their abilities for search and rescue of missing persons
• Ways they are able to provide for increased public and officer safety on a daily basis

Our K-9 dog (and handler) enjoy doing these public presentations as it helps the community understand the wide range of positive service functions that a K-9 dog is able to provide.

If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to the Eau Claire Police Department K-9 Fund, click here: http://www.eccommunityfoundation.org/donations.phtml (Specify you are donating to the Eau Claire Police Department K-9 fund)