Welcome

The Penny Harris Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Corporation. We are dedicated to assisting police departments in their quest to field quality police canine teams. Since 9/11 the cost of dogs, training and upkeep has skyrocketed. But the importance of their specialized skills has never been more needed. Police dogs save lives, find missing children, take drugs off our streets, stop criminals cold and protect our police officers with their lives. If a police dog does only one of these things in his entire career he has paid for himself no matter what the cost. But police dogs do these things every day , all over this country, for their entire professional lives. Countless lives saved, countless crimes prevented, predatory criminals removed from society and dangerous drugs destroyed before reaching our playgrounds and schools.

We understand that police agencies are often under funded and that the addition of a specialized unit such as a police canine is often seen as a "luxury". When looked at from a purely financial standpoint it is easy to reach that conclusion. When looked at through the eyes of a mother whose 5 year old child is missing it quickly becomes a necessity.

It is the belief of the Penny Harris Foundation, that budgetary constraints, should not prevent America's communities from enjoying the cloak of protection afforded by a highly trained public safety canine team.

When you arrive on the scene with your dog and look into the eyes of that missing child's mother, we want you to see hope, not hopelessness.