More on Sunnyvale Public Safety...not going to the dogs

When Sunnyvale’s Director of Public Safety Don Johnson, Officer Devin Kline and his partner, E. Jay, were guests at the Sunnyvale/Cupertino Tour Meeting last week. Johnson spoke to Realtors and affiliates about the department’s work in the community, while Kline talked about search and rescue work performed by C. Jay, who is a member of the department’s canine unit. We were impressed to here that these dogs save the lives of Public Safety Officers. SILVAR Past President Mark Burns said at this week’s meeting that the District plans to raise funds to buy bullet proof vests for some of the four dogs in the department. The bullet proof vests will protect the animals from being shot or stabbed, as was the case involving a police dog in San Diego. One bullet proof vest costs $1,800.