Bark n' Blue, GBPD K-9 Teams
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The “Bark ’n Blue” Benefit is a fund raising effort on behalf of the Green Bay Police Department K-9 Program. In the last 4 years, over 2,000 people have attended and 2 new K-9 teams have been added. The 2016 “Bark ‘n Blue” is scheduled to take place on Thursday, June 9th, 2016 in Downtown Green Bay at St. Brendan’s Inn. This free event is open to the public with on-site demonstrations by the K-9 teams, music, activities for kids, and food and drink specials.
The Green Bay Police Department currently utilizes six K-9 teams. The K-9 program has one narcotic dog, Yukon (German Shepherd). The other five dogs are patrol dogs: Feit (German Shepherd), Vilak (German Shepard), George (German Shepard), Cops (Belgian Malinois) and Neo (Belgian Malinois). Neo was the department’s first Belgian Malinois. In 2010, the teams were responsible for the following service calls: 135 narcotic searches, 121 narcotic finds, 102 trackings, 92 building searches, 66 prevent escapes, 120 arrests and 33 article finds. The K-9 officers and their partners add a valuable dimension to the provision of police services in this city.
The Bark ’n Blue is a community event created and run by volunteers. It serves as an educational resource, as well as an opportunity to generate funds for the program. Proceeds from the event will allow continued sustainability of K-9 services, with no financial burden to the police department. Currently all of the GBPD dogs were trained in-house by K-9 Officer Shannon Mulrine. Officer Mulrine has over 25 years of K-9 experience with the department. His expertise has allowed the police department to forego the outsourcing of K-9 training. Officer Mulrine has put the K-9 officers and their partners through initial training and also provides continual training that keeps the dogs’ and handlers’ certifications current. Providing K-9 teams the opportunity to maintain this level of training has a substantial cost to any police department. By utilizing Officer Mulrine’s expertise, GBPD has been able to save money while having a top-notch K-9 department. In 2012, Officer Mulrine retired from the Green Bay Police Department. The Department was faced with the loss of this valuable resource of knowledge. Money generated from the “Bark ’n Blue” events are allotted for Officer Mulrine to continue part-time training as well as helping to retrofit new K-9 vehicles.
We need your help. Those of us who organize and conduct the event are all volunteers. To provide another successful event this year, we must reach out to local business and community leaders for donations.
Thank you for your consideration and we invite you to join us during the event on June 9th, 2016.
The Green Bay Police Department currently utilizes six K-9 teams. The K-9 program has one narcotic dog, Yukon (German Shepherd). The other five dogs are patrol dogs: Feit (German Shepherd), Vilak (German Shepard), George (German Shepard), Cops (Belgian Malinois) and Neo (Belgian Malinois). Neo was the department’s first Belgian Malinois. In 2010, the teams were responsible for the following service calls: 135 narcotic searches, 121 narcotic finds, 102 trackings, 92 building searches, 66 prevent escapes, 120 arrests and 33 article finds. The K-9 officers and their partners add a valuable dimension to the provision of police services in this city.
The Bark ’n Blue is a community event created and run by volunteers. It serves as an educational resource, as well as an opportunity to generate funds for the program. Proceeds from the event will allow continued sustainability of K-9 services, with no financial burden to the police department. Currently all of the GBPD dogs were trained in-house by K-9 Officer Shannon Mulrine. Officer Mulrine has over 25 years of K-9 experience with the department. His expertise has allowed the police department to forego the outsourcing of K-9 training. Officer Mulrine has put the K-9 officers and their partners through initial training and also provides continual training that keeps the dogs’ and handlers’ certifications current. Providing K-9 teams the opportunity to maintain this level of training has a substantial cost to any police department. By utilizing Officer Mulrine’s expertise, GBPD has been able to save money while having a top-notch K-9 department. In 2012, Officer Mulrine retired from the Green Bay Police Department. The Department was faced with the loss of this valuable resource of knowledge. Money generated from the “Bark ’n Blue” events are allotted for Officer Mulrine to continue part-time training as well as helping to retrofit new K-9 vehicles.
We need your help. Those of us who organize and conduct the event are all volunteers. To provide another successful event this year, we must reach out to local business and community leaders for donations.
Thank you for your consideration and we invite you to join us during the event on June 9th, 2016.
Organizer
Heather Rae Heil
Organizer
Green Bay, WI
