(KMZA)--The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department will be getting a new drug detection and tracking dog.
The County Commission this week approved the purchase of the dog, a Belgium Malinois, from K-9 Working Dogs International of Longford, Kansas for a cost of $12,000, which includes three weeks of training and housing for the handler.
$3,000 of the cost will be covered by a grant and the remainder will come from the sheriff’s special reserve fund, which is money from drug and other forfeitures.
The sheriff’s department previous K-9 died last October.
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