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Making bulletproof vests for police dogs
By ketknbc.com
Published: 08/06/2014

CNN — JOHNSON CITY AND BINGHAMTON, Ny (CNNMoney) -- Nobody wants to see a police dog get hurt.

That's why a Michigan manufacturer makes ballistic vests for K-9 dogs, as well as for the people who serve in the police and military.

But getting cash-strapped taxpayers to foot the bill for dog vests, which run about $1,000 a piece, isn't easy.

"In the K-9 unit, you sometimes feel like the redheaded stepdaughter," said Sgt. Garret Wing of the Miami Police Department.

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