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McLean County Canine Unit Gets Colleague To Sniff With

The McLean County Sheriff's Department is getting a new canine unit. Sheriff John Sandage says that's through a $59,000 grant from the Howard Buffet Foundation.

Sheriff's police already have one drug dog on staff. Eight weeks of training starts in January.

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Sandage says the grant pays for the dog, equipment, a new vehicle, and eight weeks of training.

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Sandage says the Buffet Foundation offers canine unit grants through Illinois and has also supported Macon County mental health programs.

WGLT Senior Reporter Charlie Schlenker has spent more than three award-winning decades in radio. He lives in Normal with his family.
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