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(Houston, Texas) On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in classroom #7 the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, along with three other agencies will be gifted with K9’s from K9s4COPs. These animals have been trained by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office K9 training team for narcotics and explosive detection.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office will be gifted with one K9 named “Trey” who will be handled by Sergeant Boehm. Three other K9’s will be also presented to Precinct One, Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office, and Mart, Texas Police Department.

All of the K9s were generously donated by K9s4COPs, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office and the other three law enforcement agencies.

K9s4COPs has been a major contributor to many law enforcement agencies and school district agencies by generously providing drug and explosive detection K9s at no cost to the public.

K9s4COPs has placed over 120 K9s in 25 states and most recently Paris, France after the terrorist bombing in November 2015, where a K9 “Diesel” was lost in the line of duty. K9s4COPs K9s have been directly involved in removing more than $125,000,000 in cash and contraband off the streets and they are responsible for more the 1,400 arrests in less than five years. www.K9s4COPs.org

Where: Harris County Sheriff’s Academy – 2316 Atascocita Road – Classroom #7
Date: January 10, 2017 – 2:00 P.M.

Point of Contact: PIO Media Relations – Ralph Gonzales 713-755-4679