Feb. 6, 2011 Written by Libby Hendren
Polk County, Florida — Talk about trying to protect man’s best friend. A Polk County church gave a local K-9 dog his very own bulletproof vest on Sunday.
Money raised by the First Presbyterian Church youth group paid for the vest for Ringo. He and partner Officer Jose Molina are part of the Avon Park Police Department.
Each vest costs about a thousand dollars.
Avon Park Police Chief Michael Rowan says it’s refreshing to see the community working together with the police department. “From the bottom of our hearts, we thank this community, who stepped up to support the police department. To me, that’s just more of a relationship building…that’s unheard of anymore,” said Chief Rowan.
The church got the idea while thinking about the deaths of Polk Deputy Matt Williams and his K-9 parner Diogi back in 2006. Pastor Blackwell says Diogi may have survived if he was wearing a bulletproof vest.
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