K9 King Cobalt Needs Your Help to Beat the Heat!

K9 King Cobalt is a 2.5- year-old German Shepherd who was born in Slovakia. He is certified in Patrol, Tracking/Trailing, and Narcotics and is assigned to Officer Nathan Harvey of the Rutland City Police Department in Vermont. He is the overall winner of the 2017 Green Mountain Iron Dog Competition. King Cobalt loves to visit the dispatchers and sometimes answers their calls!

Here’s how you can help!

K9 King Cobalt is in need of a door pop/heat alarm system; and, here’s how this equipment both helps Cobalt and Officer Harvey on the job!

1. A door pop allows the K9 handler officer to remotely unlatch the door so their K9 may exit the squad car and come to their aid, should a call for service take a turn for the more dangerous.
2. A heat alarm system monitors the interior air temperature of the squad car and sets off the sirens, lights, alarms, and rolls down the windows of the car to help ensure that a K9 doesn’t suffer from heat trauma if the temperature rises into a dangerous threshold.

Please help the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce sponsor this equipment for K9 King Cobalt by making a tax-deductible donation to Hero K9 today. Checks made out to Hero K9 can also be dropped off at the Chamber’s office at 50 Merchant Row, Rutland, VT 05701.

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Who is Hero K9? 

Hero K9 is a national 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to protecting our nation by raising funds to provide the Public Safety community with K9s, training, and necessary equipment. 

Every donation makes an impact on the safety of communities across our nation. Donations are tax-deductible. Tax ID: 81-3051300. Learn more at www.herok9.org.

NOTE: The funds collected as part of this fundraiser will be allocated by the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce to Rutland City Police Department's Equipment Grant Application with Hero K9 for K9 King Cobalt.  Should the application status change and/or if donations received are in excess of the goal amount, donations will be directed to the organization’s general fund to provide additional equipment grants and cover operational costs and/or other business-related expenses.