French policemen investigate with a police service dog during an operation to dismantle drug trafficking on September 5, 2013 in the Cite de la Cayolle in Marseille. About 150 policemen, riot policemen, investigators and gendarmes deployed in this district to search for evidences and to arrest suspects. AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images)File photo of a police dog. (credit: ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images)
AUBURN, Maine (AP) — Several police dogs in Maine are getting bulletproof vests.
Police in Auburn say a departmental dog named K-9 Dutch will be receiving a vest that protects against bullets and knife stabs.
The state Department of Corrections is also getting vests for two of its K-9s, Rex and Gunner.
Officials say the vests are made possible through a grant awarded to Vested Interest in K-9s Inc. by the Petco Foundation.
Vested Interest in K-9s is a charity that provides bullet- and stab-protective vests to police dogs throughout the U.S.
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