Certified a police drug dog as harm reduction

The FY2023 report lists a new program, Opioid K-9, recipient Township of Mahwah, funded 9/2023 at 20,000.00 (p2). It names the primary problem as distribution of opioids. It says the K-9 will be trained to uncover the presence of opioids so officers can get the drugs off the streets. It names the target population as opioid distributors and the performance measure as the amount of confiscations. It files the program under the primary category Harm Reduction. Resolution 345-23, adopted 09/07/2023, authorizes the purchase of a new K-9 dog for the Mahwah Police Department. The FY2024 report certifies 11,222.62 for the program (p4) and the FY2025 report certifies 2,716.80 (p3). The books show what the two figures paid for. Purchase order 8945, check 92481, paid East Coast K-9 Academy 9,950.00 on 10/17/2023 for the purchase of a K-9 for the police department. Purchase order 9653, check 92607, paid the K-9 handler 1,272.62 on 10/31/2023 for K-9 equipment and two exams. Seven payments on account 01-213-41-003-023 from 02/21/2025 to 04/22/2025, for K-9 food, veterinary care, a kennel stay and a tracking seminar, total 2,716.80. The certified figures equal these payments to the cent. Exhibit E's harm reduction category covers naloxone, overdose response education, syringe service programs, testing and mobile harm reduction units. No listed use covers a police drug detection dog, and no overdose program using the dog is documented.