Getting ready

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003366" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <IMG SRC="05196b30.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="179" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Getting ready</div> <div> K9 Unit</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id84.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Getting ready">Getting Ready</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Academy">The Academy</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Swearing In">Swearing In</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Heras a Hit">Hera's a Hit</A></div> <div> <A HREF="heras_falls_to_kidney_failur_hera_falls_to_kidney_failure.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Heras falls to kidney failure">Hera falls to kidney failure</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Patrol Division">Patrol Division</A></div> </td> <td valign="top" width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The University of Akron Police</B></FONT>     |  <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The University of Akron Police">Home</A>  |  <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="K9 Unit">Up One Level</A>  |</div> <div> <B>Getting ready</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Academy">The Academy</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Swearing In">Swearing In</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Heras a Hit">Hera's a Hit</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="heras_falls_to_kidney_failur.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Heras falls to kidney failure">Hera's falls to kidney failure</A><BR><HR></div> <div> Getting ready</div> <div> Starting from scratch means that the department had a long way to go to get ready for our next officer. Providing a vehicle, equipping the vehicle with a K-9 cage, purchasing the right dog for the job, weeks of training for Officer Helmick to learn to work together with the dog. departmental policy changes, and hundreds of other "little issues" all had to be ironed out before our K-9 unit "hit the streets" </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="3c7b0eb0.jpg" border=0 width="432" height="235" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="3cb39eb0.jpg" border=0 width="313" height="235" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>