A special K-9 officer of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) Transit Police named Kubo, became the recipient of a custom designed protective vest.
MMI Textiles
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A special K-9 officer of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) Transit Police named Kubo, became the recipient of a custom designed protective vest.
MMI Textiles
A special K-9 officer of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) Transit Police named Kubo, became the recipient of a custom-designed protective vest, thanks to the fundraising efforts of 10-year-old Brady Snakovsky of Strongsville, Ohio.
The young Snakovsky started Brady’s K-9 Fund in 2018, with the “mission to donate practical, mission-ready vests to as many police K-9s as possible,” he says. Since then, he has raised enough money to vest more than 130 K-9 officers, with another 60 on a waiting list.
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The vest was donated by MMI Textiles of Westlake and manufactured by Line of Defense in Canada, which makes body armour and tactical gear for military, police, security forces, and K-9 applications.
Kubo is RTA’s only dual-purpose K-9 officer (bomb and patrol), and was put on Brady’s K-9 Fund waiting list last spring after Snakovsky met RTA’s K-9 team.
MMI Textiles’ National Account Manager, Geoff Senko, heard of Brady’s K-9 Fund and wanted to get involved. Because Senko’s grandfather, Sgt. Ken Houck, served as a police officer, Kubo’s vest is designed with a special patch in memory of Sgt. Houck.
The vests are custom fit and made of bullet-proof, moisture-wicking material and are designed to be worn all day. Vests costs about $1,000 and take about 90 days to manufacture.
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