17th Avenue Street Party 2009

August 2009
This year we had the impressive Spokane Police Department's K9 Unit at our street party. They hung around almost the entire afternoon. They answered questions, talked about what they do to keep us safe, how they train, and gave us some demonstrations. The most interesting thing they told us was that they have trained in most of our backyards and we don't even know it! One of our neighbors saw them in her backyard in the middle of the night, but she has a friend on the K9 so she wasn't too alarmed.

Brad in Swat gear looks alot like dress up.

Jenna getting to try on the gear.

One of the dogs showing off his skills. They said it is a treat for him to get to do this sort of exercise.

This dog understands German commands.

Even though he is a family dog out in public he is protected with a muzzle. Even when he is at home the only person that gives him commands is the officer.

This is the biggest hit with the kids, a 2 story water slide!

Our friends we able to hook us up with this bouncer. The younger kids really loved it!

With the K9 unit at one end of the street the Spokane Fire Department came for a visit and parked at the other end. It was so great to have both of them visit us for our street party.

All the kids got to sit with the officers in their cars and they let them turn the sirens on and showed them what all their equipment did.

The 2nd annual street party was a huge success this year. We are fortunate that we have such a great neighborhood and everybody wants to celebrate that!