Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Looking out for victims of crime

First trauma K9 in Canada visits Taking Action for Victims luncheon

Kim Gramlich, victim services co-ordinator
with the Delta Police Victim Services in British
Columbia, poses with Caber, her trauma K9, in
the Macoun Lounge at SIAST on April 8, 2014. She
made a presentation at the Taking Action for
Victims luncheon to coincide with National Victims
of Crime Awareness Week held April 6 to 12.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

There is a reason dogs are known as peoples’ best friends.

“Dogs can help people in a way that human beings cannot. Dogs connect with human beings on a different level than other humans do,” said Kim Gramlich, victim services co-ordinator with the Delta Police Victim Services in British Columbia. “There is this kind of unconditional love and acceptance instantly upon meeting them where as with me and a client, there isn’t that same level of connection.

“Maybe eventually we can develop more of a sort of trusting relationship, but in the first instance, I’m still a stranger.”

Gramlich, along with her partner, a yellow Labrador retriever named Caber, did a presentation at the Taking Action for Victims luncheon in the Macoun Lounge at SIAST on Tuesday. The Moose Jaw Partners Against Violence Committee put on the luncheon to coincide with National Victims of Crime Awareness Week held April 6 to 12.

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