DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is set to visit Daytona Beach Friday to highlight new legislation aimed at providing emergency care to police dogs when they are injured on the job.
Moody is set to speak at the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office training center along Tiger Bay Road at 10:30 Friday morning. The attorney general will be joined by law enforcement officials and state lawmakers.
They will be talking about SB 388, which would authorize a paramedic or emergency medical technician to provide emergency care for an injured K-9 under certain circumstances.
The bill would also allow for injured police dogs to receive emergency transport to a hospital or veterinary clinic and protects those first responders from