Service is dangerous and difficult, not only people who work in the police, but the four-legged guardians of order. In the city Department serve 65 dogsthat assist officers in searching for people, explosives, drugs and other important tasks that require their acute sense of smell or sharp teeth.
To tell the world about the heroism of that brave animals do every day on the streets of the windy City appeared more than 100 colorful statues of German shepherd dogs, who guard the order of the day and night. Most of them can be found along Michigan Avenue.
Statues height of almost 140 cm of optical fiber are part of a campaign K9s for Cops, which is designed to pay tribute to dogs in the police service, and to honor the memory of fallen police officers in Chicago and to provide financial assistance to the families of those injured or killed on duty.
The creation of statues, sponsored by local companies or individuals, and their design was engaged by local artists. Installation installation started this week, and you can see it will be up to labor Day. Then the statues will be sold on eBay with a goal to earn $ 250,000. Seventy percent of the revenue will be transferred to the Fund to the Chicago Police Memorial, and another 30 percent of the organization PAWS Chicago.
