I have talked with the dog breeder/trainers, police chiefs, city managers and/or the K9 officers themselves in Wasilla, Yakutat, and Juneau researching costs involved in having a K9.
Dog purchase: $11,000 to $13,000. (Haines has people willing to gift this to us)
Officer/dog six weeks of training: No cost. (Sponsored by Alaska State Troopers this summer if we can get our dog soon.) Otherwise $6,000.
Equipping one police vehicle for the dog. $3,000. (Someone has…