ON THE AGENDAHarris County Commissioners Court · 2026-09-17

The Court is asked to approve accepting a donated accelerant detection dog from the U.S. Department of Defense Military Working Dog program for the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office.

What it means for you

If approved, the Fire Marshal's Office would receive a trained dog at no purchase cost to help investigators find evidence of accelerants at fire scenes.

Outcome

No disposition recorded yet.

Public safety — see all →Harris County

Official source

Official meeting record — Harris County Legistar ↗

The record does not attribute individual votes for this item — most items pass by named consensus rather than a contested roll call.

Quick answersfrom the official record

Who benefits?Harris County Fire Marshal's OfficeLegistar record ↗

Who decides?Decided by a vote of the Harris County Commissioners Court. Fire Marshal brought it forward. Taken up at the September 17, 2026 meeting — no outcome recorded yet.Legistar record ↗

The official caption doesn't name a dollar amount or who pays for it — full details in the official Legistar record ↗

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