LEASH

Description: WORN BLACK LEATHER DOG LEASH STAMPED NEAR THE HANDLE "MAX". END HAS A HEAVY STEEL CLIP THAT RELEASES WHEN BASE IS PULLED BACK AWAY FROM THE CLIP. ON EACH END LEATHER IS OVERLAPPED AND STITCHED WITH HEAVY WHITE THREAD. LEATHER IS DRY, STIFF & CRACKING.

History: POLICE DOG LEASH. *UPDATE* ON 13 FEBRUARY 2015, RETIRED LETHBRIDGE POLICE CANINE UNIT MEMBER DAVE HASTIE INFORMED COLLECTIONS STAFF OF THE FOLLOWING, “I BELIEVE [THIS] WAS A LEASH I USED WITH MY DOG QMAX. I REMEMBER GIVING IT TO CST KREEFT WHEN HE WAS [TO] BRING SOME ITEMS OVER TO THE MUSEUM. THE LEASH, IF I REMEMBER, HAS A QUICK RELEASE ON IT. I HAD IT DESIGNED SO IF THE DOG IS STRAINING TO RUN YOU CAN PULL BACK AND IT WILL RELEASE IN ONE MOTION. IT WAS MADE IN GREAT FALLS ESPECIALLY FOR QMAX.” FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HASTIE’S CAREER WITH THE CANINE UNIT, INCLUDING AN INTERVIEW WITH HASTIE IN 2015, PLEASE SEE THE CATALOGUE RECORD P20140035000 AS WELL AS THAT ARTIFACT’S PERMANENT FILE. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING SOME DONATED BY THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE POLICE SERVICES. FOR A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE COLLECTION, SEE RECORD P19960112001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE POLICE SERVICES AND TRANSCRIPTS OF INTERVIEWS AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH CURRENT AND FORMER LETHBRIDGE POLICE, SEE PERMANENT FILE P19960112000.