HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson Correctional Facility is getting a donation of protective vests for its K-9 unit.

The Humane Society of the United States, the Humane Society Legislative Fund of Kansas, and a Leawood, Kansas, family are donating dozens of life-saving car heat alarms and K-9 ballistic vests to more than 40 police departments across the state of Kansas.

Midge Grinstead, Kansas Senior State Director for the Humane Society of the U.S., explains how the donation came about:

 

 

The donations are part of a relationship built through the Humane State Program — a three-year commitment from the Humane Society of the United States to provide training, guidance and resources to Kansas law enforcement agencies, animal control agencies, animal shelters and rescue organizations.

The two vests will be delivered to H.C.F. on Friday.