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Group Forms To Help Fundraise For Eugene Police

A group of public safety advocates have formed a new non-profit to help out the Eugene Police Department.

Attorney John Brown is president of the Eugene Police Foundation. He says it will raise money for things that are beyond the department’s general budget. Brown has an example of what they’ll use the money for.
Brown: “We’re going to try and fund two thermal imaging devices to help police dogs in their environment. Because when they’re sent in, they’re sent in to a totally unknown, they have no idea if there’s other dogs, where humans are and things like that, and this can help the officer safety, the dog safety and the general public safety.”
Brown says the foundation is open to ideas for how to improve police training in addition to specific items that EPD might need to improve service and safety.

www.eugenepolicefoundation.org
 

Rachael McDonald is KLCC’s host for All Things Considered on weekday afternoons. She also is the editor of the KLCC Extra, the daily digital newspaper. Rachael has a BA in English from the University of Oregon. She started out in public radio as a newsroom volunteer at KLCC in 2000.
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