Milwaukie Public Safety Foundation
Supporting public safety in Milwaukie.
C.E.R.T.
To learn more about the Milwaukie, Oak Lodge, and Happy Valley CERT teams, click on the CERT logo.
Next CERT Basic course will with vacancies Saturday March 21st, 28th and April 4th 2026. Register here
Very special thanks to Willamette Falls Studios for producing the video
Milwaukie Police K9 Unit
Meet K9 Detective Flora who is the newest, and possibly cutest Milwaukie PD Officer. Flora is an Electronic Storage Detection K9, one of very few in Oregon, and arrived end of June 2024.
She was purchased, at a cost of $15,000, by the Milwaukie Public Safety Foundation from the very generous and kind donations made by the citizens and businesses of Milwaukie.
Flora is also a trained emotional support dog and service animal. She attends community events and provides demonstrations.
May you and Detective Meier have a long and successful partnership together.
Officer of the Year 2025 Dinner and Award
The Dinner and Award will be held at The Elks Lodge, Milwaukie. Hopefully in February 2026
The Foundation
The Milwaukie Public Safety Foundation began in 2008 as a non-profit organization to help the Milwaukie Police Department reinstate and sustain our local police K-9 unit. In that year our first tracking dog, Jag, was purchased. We purchased our second dog, Yago, in 2011. We were also given a narcotics dog, Shaka, who retired in July, 2015. Yago retired and lived with his handlers family, he was replaced by Bo, who unfortunately was a little too friendly towards the bad guys. Bo came with a warranty and was replaced by Hank. Hank has moved on to other work and we purchased Benz, a Dutch Shepard. Unfortunately the officer who handled Benz is no longer with Milwaukie PD, and there being no other suitably qualified officer, the K9 Unit has been closed. Benz was given as a gift to Molalla Police Department, where he continued in the role he enjoyed and was very good at. Sadly Benz was diagnosed with cancer, which could not be cured, and had to put to sleep.
We said “When the Chief is ready to restart the K9 Unit, the Milwaukie Public Safety Foundation will resume its assistance.” We are very proud when the Chief asked about the possibilty of having an electronic storage detection dog the Foundation was able to help out, and K9 Officer Flora is now with the Department.
We will still organizse the Officer of the Year Dinner, and help the Milwaukie and Oak Lodge Community Emergency Response Teams.
We now have to plan for the future when Detective Flora ends her service, and we need to recruit a replacement. The MPSF raises funds to replace a K9 over a number of years. We start when a K9 goes into service, so if you would consider making a donation please click the donate button.