Companies Give K-9 Cops To Cherry Hill

Cherry Hill was a big police department forced to layoff officers this past June due to budget cuts.

But now the department is looking to other sources of revenue to fund public safety initiatives, like expanding the department's k-9 unit.

On Wednesday, Cherry Hill added two new k-9 cops to the four it already had for use patrolling the township.

Subaru and NFI Industries, which are headquartered here, came forward with $20,000 to get the police department those new dogs.

They are being trained to sniff out drugs, work on patrol details and sniff out explosives in this sprawling town. The mayor and his corporate partners know in these tight budget times, every donated dollar counts.

Township police and the mayor say as the department tries to keep pace with the criminal element being able to afford new police initiatives will be a major challenge, and private sector money will help a lot.

Subaru has already bought the department bikes for its bike patrol, police cars and the kid cards ID card program for children.

Just recently they donated $10,000 to buy recyclable bags for leaf collection across the township

Mercedes Benz and other firms have also donated money along with philanthropist Kal Rudman.