2009 Annual Awards

2009 Vt. Police K-9 Citizen\Business Award
Dr. Bruce Legallais and the Eastwood Animal Clinic
For your generous financial contributions and outstanding veterinary care
to K-9 Mitch and continued support of the Vt. Police K-9 Program

2009 Vt. Police K-9 Citizen\Business Award
Dr. Kurt Kinney and the Brown Animal Hospital
For your generous financial contributions and outstanding veterinary care
to K-9 Mitch and continued support of the Vt. Police K-9 Program

2009 Vt. Police K-9 Citizen\Business Award
Curt Jacques II and West Lebanon Feed & Supply
For your generous contrbutions of food and equipment and continued support of the Vt. Police K-9 Program

Vt. Police K-9 Dedicated Service Award
VSP Sr. Trooper Michelle Leblanc
For your outstanding dedication to the Vt. Police K-9 Program through your work with the Lacey's Fund Race.

Vt. Police K-9 Dedicated Service Award
Colchester Officer Dave Dewey
For your outstanding dedication to the Vt. Police K-9 Program through your work with the Lacey's Fund Race

2009 Vt. Police K-9 Lifesaving Award
VSP Trooper Eugene Duplissis and K-9 Argus
Your actions on December 31, 2009 resulted in the find of an 11 year old female
that was found freezing cold after more than 3 hours out on a winter night

2009 Vt. Police K-9 Lifesaving Award
VSP Sr. Trooper Dan Trottier and K-9 Dasha
Your actions on August 31, 2009 resulted in the tracking find of a 10 year old austic child found unclothed in a stream who had been missing for several hours on a day where the temperatures declined into the 40s

2009 Vt. Police K-9 Lifesaving Award
U. S. Forestry Service Officer Kim Kinville and K-9 Noscha
Your actions on November 27, 2003 resulted in the find of a missing 17 year old who had been found hypothermic
after separating from her hunting party 12 hours prior in the Green Mountain National Forest.

2009 Vt. Police K-9 Apprehension of the Year
VSP Trooper Eugene Duplissis and K-9 Argus
Your actions of December 31, 2009 resulted in the find of a bank robber who was tracked from the scene of the crime to his motel room where the stolen money was located and the suspect was arrested.

2009 Vt. Police K-9 Patrol Team of the Year
VSP Sgt. Moe Lamothe and K-9 JC
For your outstanding proficiency in the area of police k-9 patrol tactics in both training
and on-duty deployments resulting in a command presence that exemplifies the ideal police k-9 patrol team.

2009 Vt. Police K-9 Drug Detection Team of the Year
Burlington Cpl. Wade Labrecque and K-9 Andre
For your outstanding proficiency in the area of police k-9 drug detection in both training and on-duty deployments resulting in 108 drug finds and over a hundred and twenty thousand dollars in narcotics and currency confiscated.

2009 Vt. Police K-9 Co-Tracking Team of the Year
VSP Sr. Trooper Dave White and K-9 Rolf
For your outstanding proficiency in the area of police k-9 tracking in both training
and on-duty deployments resulting in numerous high-profile tracking finds.

2009 Vt. Police K-9 Co-Tracking Team of the Year
VSP Sr. Trooper Clark Lombardi and K-9 Cairo
For your outstanding proficiency in the area of police k-9 tracking in both training
and on-duty deployments resulting in numerous high-profile tracking finds.

2009 Vt. Police K-9 Team of the Year
Burlington Cpl. Wade Labrecque and K-9 Andre
For your outstanding proficiency in all areas of police k-9 functions in both training
and on-duty deployments resulting in over 250 police k-9 uses.