In 2018, 11-year-old Emma Stanford and her Gold Star family from Palm Coast, Florida, mentioned to their local sheriff her desire to find a canine companion. He then sent a member of his K-9 unit to her home and it was love at first woof.
Now 14, her efforts led to a new statewide program created through a law enacted this year to support retired police dogs. And her nonprofit EmmaLove’sK9s is inspiring others nationwide to help raise money to support police dogs in their local communities.
Joining Gov. Ron DeSantis last month as he signed a bill into law creating the Care for Retired Police Dogs program, she said as soon as she learned about the lack of funding for retired police dogs, she wanted to help….