K-9 PROGRAM

Claremont Police Department has a long history of utilizing K9s to supplement the police force.  The City’s operating budget funds one dog.  In 2013, Keeping Good in the Neighborhood (KGNH), a community watch group within the City, funded the purchase of a K9 (“Luther”), expanding the police force’s K-9 team to two dogs.  Currently, the K-9 program is back to a one-dog program, with Drew, a scent-tracking bloodhound.  Claremont Police Foundation strives to obtain funding to purchase a second dog to once again enhance the program to a two-dog program.