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Echo, a Belgian Malinois, is part of the Lincoln Township Police Department’s K-9 unit. Here she wears a protective recently donated vest.

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STEVENSVILLE — A Lincoln Township police officer now has an added layer of protection.

Echo, a Belgian Malinois, was given a protective vest this month that was donated to the police department’s K-9 unit from a nonprofit organization.

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