SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. (WTVF) — It was a highly unusual situation: A city sold its police K-9s as surplus equipment.

At first, that’s what it sounded like. But the city of Scottsville, Kentucky, clarified that the K-9 remains on the job.

Undoubtedly, there were a lot of questions about the sale of a highly trained civil servant. But Scottville’s mayor tells me that was never the intention and K-9 Nova will remain in law enforcement.

Here’s how it got to that point.

A notice was posted on social media to accept sealed bids for K-9 Nova along with an 8-foot by 12-foot dog kennel.

Some have questioned the idea of ​​selling surplus K-9 police equipment. Nova is 3 years old and started strength training as a puppy when she arrived two years ago.

The police Facebook page documented the hours of operation. Nova worked on narcotics detection, tracking items, finding missing persons or fugitive suspects.

“These dogs have so much training and there is so much time and money invested in training these dogs,” said veterinarian Allison Fields.

She is not involved with K-9 Nova, but she is familiar with these brave public servants.

Her concerns about a sealed bid were the questions: Who would end up buying the dog, and would Nova be well cared for?

“So I would hope that another police force could use the time and training that went into that training dog,” Fields said.

That’s exactly what will happen.

Nova was sold for $7,500 and is now headed to Gainsboro, Tennessee, where the police department there will now have a K-9 unit to protect and serve that community.

It’s worth noting that Scottsville still has one K-9 left on duty there.

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