The Corbin Police Department now has a new K-9 unit named Dolly.
“Dolly has been placed with her handler K-9 Officer Brentley Patrick. Both Patrick and Dolly have been and will continue to undergo training until they can nationally certify and hit the road. A huge shout out to Corbin City’s Administrators, Commissioners, and Mayor for their endorsement of the K9 program,” the Corbin Police Department wrote in a release Monday.
Dolly came to the Corbin Police Department from Oregon thanks in part to the Jefferson Working Dog Project.
The cost for a new police dog is usually about $10,000, but the Corbin Police Department is getting Dolly at no cost.
Corbin Police Chief Rusty Hedrick told the Corbin City Commission last month that Patrick had been working to expand the department’s K-9 unit.
Hedrick noted that Patrick wrote a proposal for the Jefferson Working Dog Project out of Medford, Oregon, and the charitable group agreed to make a donation to cover 75 percent of the costs.
Patrick also secured another private donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, that agreed to pay for the remainder of the cost for the dog’s purchase.
“He did a really good job writing this proposal,” Hedrick said of Patrick.
The K-9 will do narcotics detection only.
Hedrick said that the only expense for the city will be things like dog food, veterinarian care, and training.
