(WIFR) – Seven K-9 officers will soon have new ballistic vests thanks to $36,000 raised by a Loves Park vet tech.
Deputies, vet techs and the handlers watched as the dogs were fitted Friday for their vests. The vests protect the K-9s from shootings, stabbings and explosions.
Sarah Robbins, a vet tech at Dogwood Pet Hospital, launched the fundraiser in May, shortly after K-9 Andii from the Rockford Police Department was shot in the line of duty…