REGION – Chief Deputy Claude Weyant would like to announce that Deputy Jackson Howe and K9 Kye were awarded and presented with the 2025 Vermont Police Canine Association (VPCA) Dedication Award at the K9 Ball in Burlington, on May 2.
The Dedication Award is given to the VPCA K9 team that engages with their community and surrounding communities through their canine work. Howe has been attending public demonstrations and visiting more than a dozen schools and preschools with K9 Kye, building positive relationships between law enforcement and the public of all ages. The canine team engages with up-to-date canine training standards throughout the year, which results in illicit narcotics being taken off the streets and a promoting a positive public of image law-enforcement canine units. The VPCA consists of roughly 46 canine teams in Vermont and New Hampshire.