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Somerville police present plan for two dual‑purpose K9s; council approves donation
Summary
The council approved accepting two K9s for the Somerville Police Department — a community comfort dog and a National Computer Forensics Institute‑trained dog that can both provide trauma support and detect electronic storage devices — with the NCFI providing training and funding and no city MOU required.
The Somerville City Council approved a mayoral request on Nov. 13 to accept two donated/training‑partner K9s for the Somerville Police Department: one comfort dog for community and victim support and one dual‑purpose dog trained through the National Computer Forensics Institute (NCFI) to detect electronic storage devices.
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