LEASH

Description: WORN BROWN BRAIDED LEATHER SHORT DOG LEASH WITH A STEEL CLIP ATTACHED TO END. WHEN CLIP IS PINCHED TOGETHER END OPENS WIDE. LEATHER IS VERY WORN IN VARIOUS SPOTS.

History: POLICE DOG LEASH. *UPDATE* ON 13 FEBRUARY 2015, RETIRED LETHBRIDGE POLICE CANINE UNIT MEMBER DAVE HASTIE INFORMED COLLECTIONS STAFF OF THE FOLLOWING, “[THIS] IS A SHORT LEASH THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY SGT [JOE] SHANK. IT WAS THE LEASH HE USED WITH [PSD] YORK WHEN HE HAD HIM. I KNOW HE DID GIVE ME ONE (IN 1978) AND I USED IT ON SOME OCCASIONS WITH MY DOG PSD 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. FOR AN OVERVIEW OF THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE’S EARLY CANINE (K-9) PROGRAM, SEE ALSO P19960112107. *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.