The member's of ILEFSA and their families want to make that all K9 officers are vested and safe.

Due to the costs of vests and the state of the economy departments can simply not always afford to provide their K9 officers with vests.

The members at ILEFSA, Inc are committed to partnering with the Vest-A-Dog Network in their mission to protect our K-9 heroes.

K9 officers face the same if not greater risks than human officers since they are often sent in ahead of their human counterparts investigate dangerous situations or apprehend suspects.



According to Vest-A-Dog's website:

• K9 vests protect are bulletproof and/or stab-proof (e.g. knives, ice picks).
• In addition, they minimize blunt trauma injuries.
• In the past 10 years, bullet, stab or blunt trauma injuries caused 60% of police dog deaths.
• How do the K9 vests compare to human officers' vests?
• The K-9 One^TM are comparable to human officer's vests.
• They are made with Dupont Kevlar, which is the same material that human officers wear.
• The K9 vest undergo the same testing criteria as the vest that human officers wear.