Sheriff: K-9 training facility is a work in progress – Enid News & Eagle

Work continues for the Garfield County Sheriffs Office on a K-9 Training Facility on its grounds at West Oxford.

Its still a work in progress, Sheriff Jerry Niles said. Were waiting for the weather to warm up and finish up the concrete.

The facility occupies the northeast portion of the property on Oxford and work is being done in two phases.

We have concrete to pour for the kennels and we have some fencing to finish up, he said.With that work done, Niles said phase one should be entirely complete.

Were going to add electricity to the building and were going to put up some interior walls for training building searches and simulation training, the sheriff said. Were also going to have an area to do some corrections on the dogs for scenario-based training.

Some of the stuff were doing ourselves, Niles said. Theyre doing it off duty. Were trying to keep the costs as low as we can.

Last February, the Garfield County Sheriffs Office received a $15,000 donation from Ray Davis to get the project underway.

Its been one of our longterm goals, to have a regional training facility, Niles said. Its basically a facility that the northwest region, north-central region, will have thats accessible 24/7. When we include our classroom training facility for those officers, I think we offer a lot more for our K-9s, not just for our K-9s but all K-9s, in the area for dealing with training issues.

Niles said those wanting to make a contribution to construction of the facility can do so by mailing donations to the Garfield County Police K-9 Association, a 501(c)(3) entity, at216 W. Oxford, Enid, OK 73702.

He said contributions made to theGarfield County Police K-9 Associationare tax deductible.

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