Crime & Safety

'Dogged Pursuit' Yields $25,000 Grant for Police Dog in Marlborough

Grant funding has come through for a police dog in Marlborough.

The Marlborough Police have received a $25,000 grant towards a newly created K-9 police dog unit.
"The  K-9 program will  be a valuable tool  that will  assist our Police Department in apprehensions,  investigations and seizures," wrote Mayor Arthur Vigeant in a letter to the City Council. "I want to  thank Chief Leonard  for  his  dogged  pursuit  of this  grant  as  well  as  to  The  Stanton  Foundation  for funding this worthy request."
The council had already authorized an additional $15,000 in the 2014 Police Department budget for a new police dog. 
The grant will be used by the department to help establish a K-9 through the  purchase of the K-9, associated equipment, and funding some training costs, said Police Chief Mark Leonard in a letter to the mayor. 
There are no matching funds required for this grant. The City Council approved the grant.


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