Lowry, COLO. (KDVR)-On Wednesday evening, various law enforcement agencies were brought in Colorado together to collect funding to K-9 units.
“We will make us spend more time with these dogs and with our families. This is true. I mean, I spend every day with them. As you know, he feels like my right arms. You know, I faced it every day, it is just part of my thinking process,” said Kyle Winters, a Likwood police unit officer.
The cost of obtaining the K-9 unit can be high, as thousands of dollars are spent by departments and offices throughout Colorado every year.
However, it makes sure that dogs are well equipped in this field.
“The commitment I adhered to to my fellow officers who always tried to put my dog between them and the danger,” Winters said. “So having a body shield on it makes me feel better that I gave him every chance I can.”
The collection event, the heroes with PAWS, in Lowry, was hosted in Wings Over the Rockies, hoping to fill the gap in financing the K-9 units of agencies.
It even brought K-9 processors from all over the state to show what makes these dogs of a kind, because for some sections, this is really the case.
“This only helps me to keep our K-9 unit up because I am the only only dog that was appointed in Sheridan,” John Nelson, an officer in the K-9 unit of Sheridan Police Department. So everything is small I can get from my dog. “
Funding also goes to the K-9 processors who are with dogs every step on the road, even during training.
Some law enforcement officers, who work in the K-9 units in their ministry, told Fox31 that the phrase “the best friend of a man” does not even start describing the relationship he shares with their partner in this field.
“I tell people when I have to send it to dangerous situations, it is like sending a piece of my heart with him. I know that I may not get it,” Winters said.