Crime & Safety

Delaware County Police Dogs Need Your Votes In Photo Contest

The Protection for Paws charity group is holding a contest to feature police K9s on a T-shirt and Delco K9s need your support.

DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — A non-profit group that provides supplies for K9 police units is holding its annual contest where the public can vote for police dogs to be featured on a T-shirt.

And you can vote for a few Delaware County-based K9 units in the contest.

Protection4Paws is a group that aims to raise money to supply K9s teams with needed items.

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The group is holding its contest to have four K9s featured on a T-shirt design for the group's Cruzin for K9s 5th Anniversary event.

Delco's K-9 candidates include K9 Chapek with Lansdowne Police, K9 Sarge with Folcroft Police, K9 Nick with Upper Darby Township Police, and K9 Quattro with the Delaware County Sheriff's Office.

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Vote for the K9s here.

One or all of these Delco K9s could be featured on the shirt with K9 Chase from the Lower Paxton Township.

The four K9s with the most votes will be selected and voting will end on March 12.

Upon completion of the contest each winner will be notified and will need to provide three high quality photos. These photos will be sent to an artist to be incorporated into this year's artwork.

Protection for Paws is an all volunteer, (501c3) non-profit organization that dedicates its time because of a love for K9s and a respect for law enforcement officers.

Contact the group by email at protection4paws@gmail.com with questions.

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