FRAMINGHAM, MA – Framingham police introduced Thursday afternoon that the division’s new K9 officer will obtain a bullet resistant vest, because of a donation from an area realty firm.

Lee Brown, the property supervisor at Water View Terrace, has labored for Chestnut Hill Realty for 10 years, starting in her present function on June 20. She stated she discovered of the division’s want for funding for the K9 vests and started to look into costs.

“Chestnut Hill Realty is a family-owned enterprise, and we persistently assist area people endeavors,” she defined Friday. “The proprietor of Chestnut Hill Realty, Ed Zuker, maintains a vigorous charitable giving program and often contributes to native colleges, group facilities, and police and hearth departments.”

This donation was particularly focused for Framingham’s new K9 officer, Isco. Chestnut Hill Realty representatives, together with Brown, offered a $500 verify on behalf of Water View Terrace and Water View Village Thursday afternoon.

Isco and his handler, Officer Matt Mangano, will full the Patrol K9 Handlers Course held on the Boston Police K9 Academy subsequent week and attend the Narcotics Detection Class in August, in accordance with a Fb submit from the police division.

“The Framingham Police Division appreciates the donations now we have already obtained,” in accordance with the submit.

Future donations to assist the K9 unit by verify to Massachusetts Vest-A-Canine, Inc. with a memo indicating Framingham PD K9. All donations will go on to coaching, tools, and provides wanted for the unit. The deal with is Massachusetts Vest-A-Canine, Inc., P.O. Field 48, Walpole, MA 02081.

“Massachusetts Vest-a-Canine’s main objective is to make sure each Massachusetts Okay-9 has a bullet resistant vest,” Brown added. “Chestnut Hill Realty is proud to assist our metropolis’s police division.”

That is the second charitable effort by Water View Terrace this summer season, she added. Water View Terrace opened its group backyard to Terrace and Village residents, gathering $20 per plot to permit residents to develop their very own meals. The $460 obtained was donated to the Sons of Mary Missioners. The donation helps with their efforts to assist the poor in Peru and the road youngsters within the Philippines, Brown stated.