United States

Courthouse Facility Dogs in the United States

321 dogs in 41 states (as of  February 23, 2024)

Alabama
Angel House, Dothan (CCI)
Baldwin County District Attorney’s Office, Bay Minette (CCI)
Blount County Juvenile Court System, Oneonta (SDA)
Covington County District Attorney’s Office, Andalusia (CCI)
Enterprise Police Department (TLC)
James M Barrie Center for Children, Gadsden (CCI)
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (CCI)
Lee County District Attorney’s Office, Opelika – 2 dogs (CCI)
Mobile County District Attorney, Mobile (TLC)
Morgan County Children’s Advocacy Center, Decatur (CCI)
Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office (CCI)
National Children’s Advocacy Center, Huntsville (CCI)
Office of Prosecution Services, Montgomery(CCI)
One Place of the Shoals Family Justice Center, Florence (CCI)
Shelby County District Attorney’s Office (CCI)

Arizona
ChildHelp Children’s Advocacy Center, Phoenix  – 2 dogs  (CCI, Power Paws)
Coconino County Juvenile Court – 2 dogs (ADW)
Cottonwood Police Department (CCI)
Maricopa County District Attorney, Phoenix – 2 dogs (Power Paws)
Pima County Attorney’s Office, Tucson – 2 dogs  (ADW)

Arkansas
14th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Harrison (CCI)
Benton County Juvenile Detention Center, Bentonville (CCI)
Children’s Advocacy Center of Independence County, Batesville (Duo)
Child Safety Center of White County, Searcy – 2 dogs (Duo)
Grandma’s House Children’s Advocacy Center, Harrison – 2 dogs (CCI)
Office of  the Prosecutor Coordinator, Little Rock – 2 dogs (CCI)

California
Contra Costa District Attorney, Martinez (CCI)
Corona Police Department (CCI)
Downey Police Department (CCI)
East Bay Children’s Law Offices, Oakland (CCI)
Fullerton Police Department (CCI)
Hawthorne Police Department, Hawthorne (CCI)
Los Angeles County District Attorney, Los Angeles – 3 dogs (ADW)
Marin County District Attorney, San Rafael (CCI)
Mariposa County District Attorney, Mariposa (ADW)
Monterey County District Attorney, Monterey – 2 dogs (CCI)
Pomona Police Department (CCI)
Redonda Beach Police Department (CCI)
Riverside County District Attorney (ADW)
San Bernardino District Attorney, San Bernardino – 3 dogs (ADW)
San Diego County District Attorney (Paws’itive Teams)
San  Francisco CASA (CCI)
San Francisco District Attorney, San Francisco  (ADW)
San Luis Obispo County District Attorney (CCI)
San Mateo District Attorney (CCI)
Santa Clara County District Attorney, San Jose – 2 dogs (ADW)
Seal Beach Police Department (CCI)
Stanislaus County District Attorney, Modesto (CCI)
Sutter County District Attorney, Yuba City (CCI)
Tulare County District Attorney, Visalia (ADW)
Tuolumne County District Attorney, Sonora – 2 dogs (NEADS, TLC)
Vandenberg Air Force Base Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (TLC)
Vacaville Police Department (CCI)
Ventura County District Attorney – 3 dogs (ADW)

Colorado
8th Judicial District Attorney, Fort Collins (CCI)
18th Judicial District Attorney, Englewood (CCI)
20th Judicial District Attorney, Boulder (CCI)
21st Judicial District Attorney, Grand Junction (CCI)
Blue Sky Bridge Child and Family Advocacy Center, Boulder (CCI)
Clear Creek County Child Services, Georgetown (CCI)
Denver District Attorney – 2 dogs (CCI)
Englewood Police Department (CCI)
MESA – Moving to End Sexual Assault, Lafayette (CCI)
Montrose Police Department (CCI)
River Bridge Regional Center, Glenwood Springs (CCI)

Connecticut
Colchester Police Department (PBB)
Middletown Police Department (PBB)
Naugatuck Police Department (PBB)
Torrington Police Department (PBB)
Town of Groton Police Department(PBB)
University of Connecticut Police Department – 2 dogs (CCI)
University of Southern Connecticut Police Department (PBB)
Waterford Police Department (PBB)
Yale Police Department  (PBB)

Delaware
Delaware Capitol Police, Dover (CCI)
Dover Police Department (CCI)
New Castle County Police Department (CCI)

Florida
Guardian ad Litem Program of Hillsborough County, Tampa – 2 dogs  (CCI)
Gulf Coast Children’s Advocacy Center, Panama City (CCI)
Kids House Wayne Densch Children’s Advocacy Center, Sanford (CCI)

Georgia
Barrow County District Attorney, Winder (CCI)

Hawaii
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney (ADH)  

Idaho
Ada County Prosecuting Attorney, Boise (CCI)
Bannock County Prosecuting Attorney, Pocatello (NEADS)
Bonner County Prosecuting Attorney, Sandpoint (CCI)
Safe Passage Child Advocacy Center, Couer d’Alene (ADNW)

Illinois
Adams County Courthouse, Quincy (CHAMP)
Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center (Duo)
Child Advocacy Center of McHenry County, Woodstock (Duo)
Cook County State’s Attorney, Chicago (Duo)
Kane County Judicial Center, St. Charles (Duo)
Lake County Public Defender – Guardian ad Litem Division, Waukegan (Duo)
Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office, Waukegan – 2 dogs (Duo)
McLean County Children’s Advocacy Center, Bloomington (PGI)
Madison County Courthouse, Edwardsville (Duo)
Normal Police Department (PGI)
Peoria County State’s Attorney, Peoria (PGI)
St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office, Belleville (Duo)
Will County State’s Attorney’s Office, Joliet – 2 dogs (Duo)

Indiana
Delaware County CASA, Muncie (Duo)
Elkhart County CASA, Elkhart (CCI)
Johnson County Prosecutor, Franklin (ICAN)
Miami County Probation Department (ICAN)
Prevail, Inc., Victim Advocacy Nonprofit, Noblesville (ICAN)
Vanderburgh County Prosecutor, Evansville (ADW)

Kansas
Kansas National Guard Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Team (KSDS)

Kentucky
Family Nurturing Center, Florence (CCI)
Judi’s Place for Kids, Pikeville (CCI)

Louisiana
3rd Judicial District Attorney, Ruston (CCI)
35th Judicial District Attorney, Colfax (CCI)
East Baton Rouge District Attorney, Baton Rouge (CCI)
Hammond Child Advocacy Services, Hammond (CCI)
Orleans Parish District Attorney, New Orleans (CCI)
Southern Law Enforcement Foundation (CCI)

Maryland
Anne Arundel County Police Department, Millersville (CCI)
Baltimore Child Abuse Center (CCI)
Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, Prince Frederick (CCI)
Children’s Advocacy Center of Frederick County, Frederick  (CCI)
Frederick Police Department (Hero Dogs)
Heartly House, Frederick (CCI)
Hyattsville Police Department (CCI)
The Cricket Center, Berlin (CCI)

Massachusetts
Acton Police Department (PBB)
Child Advocacy Center of Bristol County, Fall River (NEADS)
Harvard Police Department (NEADS)
Mansfield Police Department (NEADS)
Sudbury Police Department (TLC)
Suffolk County District Attorney, Boston (CCI)
Wayside Youth and Family Support Network, Milford (NEADS)

Michigan
Bronson Sexual Assault Services, Battle Creek (CCI)
Children’s Advocacy Center of Kent County, Grand Rapids (Paws With a Cause)
Leelanau County Prosecutor’s Office, Sutton’s Bay (CCI)

Minnesota
Anoka County Attorney’s Office, Anoka (Can Do Canines)
Orono Police Department (CDC)
Ramsey County Attorney’s Office, St. Paul (Helping Paws)
Stearns County Attorney’s Office, St. Cloud (Helping Paws)
Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Stillwater  (Freedom Service Dogs)

Mississippi
CASA of Hancock County, Bay St. Louis (CCI)

Missouri
Greene County Juvenile Justice Center, Springfield (Duo)
St. Charles County Prosecutor’s Office, St. Charles (CHAMP)
St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office (Duo)
The Child Advocacy Center, Springfield (Duo)
The Child Center, Wentzville – 2 dogs (CHAMP)

Montana
Children’s Justice Bureau, Helena (CCI)
Emma’s House Children’s Advocacy Center, Hamilton (CCI)

Nebraska
Omaha-Douglas County Victim Assistance Program (CCI)
Project Harmony, Omaha – 2 dogs (Patriot Paws)
Sarpy County Attorney’s Office, Papillion (CCI)

Nevada
Reno Police Department (CCI)

New Hampshire
Child Advocacy Center of Carroll County, Wolfeboro (ACTS)

New Jersey
Family Growth Program of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Trenton (CCI)
Unchained at Last, Westfield (CCI)

New Mexico
Albuquerque CASA, Albuquerque (ADW)
Albuquerque Police Department (ADW)
Bernalillo County District Attorney, Albuquerque – 2 dogs (ADW)
CASA of Chaves County, Roswell – 7 dogs (ADW)
CASA of Lea County (ADW)
Eighth Judicial District Attorney, Taos (ADW)
Fifth Judicial District Attorney, Roswell – 5 dogs (ADW)
First Judicial District Attorney, Santa Fe (ADW)
Kids Inc Child Advocacy Center, Alamogordo (ADW)
Ninth Judicial District Attorney, Clovis (ADW)
Thirteenth Judicial District Attorney, Grants (ADW)
Twelfth Judicial District Attorney, Alamagordo – 2 dogs (ADW)

New York
Children’s Home of Poughkeepsie – 3 dogs (ECAD)
Dutchess County District Attorney, Poughkeepsie (ECAD)
NYPD Employee Assistance Unit – 3 dogs (PBB)
Ontario County DA, Canandaigua (ECAD)
Suffolk County District Attorney, Hauppauge (CCI)
The Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse, Poughkeepsie (ECAD)
Victims Assistance Center of Jefferson County, Watertown (CCI)
Westchester County DA, White Plains (CCI)

North Carolina
District Attorney’s Office for Alexander and Iredell Counties, Statesville (CCI)
Orange County Courthouse, Hillsborough (EENP)

Ohio
Athens County Child Advocacy Center, Athens (CCI)
Fairfield County Child Advocacy Center, Lancaster (CCI)
Lake County Domestic Relations Court, Painesville (CCI)
Mayerson Center for Safe & Healthy Children, Cincinnati (CCI)
Portage County Sheriff’s Office, Ravenna (CCI)
Ross County Child Advocacy Center, Chillicothe (CCI)
Seneca County Prosecutor’s Office, Tiffin (CCI)
Summit County Court of Common Pleas, Akron (Circle Tail)
Summit County Prosecutor’s Office, Akron (CCI)
Tuscarawas County Family & Children First, New Philadelphia (CCI)

Oklahoma
8th District Attorney, Newkirk (CCI)
Saville Center for Child Advocacy, Stillwater (CCI)
Stephens County District Attorney (K9s 4 Mobility)

Oregon
ABC House, Albany, OR (ADNW)
CARES Northwest, Portland – 2 dogs (CCI)
Children’s Advocacy Center of Jackson County, Medford (Dogs for Better Lives)
Columbia County District Attorney (CCI)
Juliette’s House, McMinnville (ADH)
KIDS Center, Bend (ADNW)
Liberty House, Salem (Duo)
Yamhill County District Attorney, McMinnville (CCI)

Pennsylvania
Bucks County District Attorney, Doylestown (CPL)
Clinton County Probation Services, Lock Haven (SSD)
Cumberland County Adult Probation and Parole (SSD)
Cumberland County Children and Youth Services, Carlisle (SSD)
Lancaster County District Attorney (CPL)
Lancaster County Treatment Courts, Lancaster (SSD)
Lehigh County District Attorney (CPL)
Lycoming County Courthouse (CCI)
Monroe County Court of Common Pleas (CCI)
York County Court of Common Pleas (SSD)
York County Juvenile Probation (SSD)
York County Treatment Courts, York (SSD)

South Carolina
10th Circuit Solicitor’s Office, Anderson (CCI)
Dee Norton Children’s Advocacy Center, Charleston – 2 dogs (CCI)
Hopeful Horizons, Beaufort (CCI)
South Carolina Department of Corrections (PAALS)
The Care House of the Pee Dee, Florence (CCI)

Courthouse facility dog Roma works in Anderson, South Carolina, with handler Chelsey Hucker:

Tennessee
Campbell County Childre’s Center, LaFollette (CCI)
Children’s Center of the Cumberlands (CCI)
Emmy Haney House – CAC of Hamilton County, Chattanooga (CCI)
Junior’s House Child Advocacy Center, Fayetteville (CCI)
Madison County Juvenile Court Services, Jackson (CCI)
Safe Harbor of the Smokies Child Advocacy Center, Sevierville (CCI)
Sumner Children’s Advocacy Center, Gallatin (CCI)
Williamson County CASA, Franklin (CCI)

Texas
CASA of Cameron and Willacy Counties, Brownsville (CCI)
Child Protection Center, Austin (ADW)
Coryell County District Attorney, Gatesville (Patriot Paws)
Ellis County Children’s Advocacy Center, Waxahachie (CCI)
Ellis County District Attorney, Waxahachie (CCI)
Family Advocacy Center, Irving (CCI)
Irving Police Department Family Advocacy Center, Irving (CCI)
Martin House Children’s Advocacy Center, Longview (CCI)
Montgomery County District Attorney, Conroe (Service Dogs, Inc.)
Nacogdoches County District Attorney, Nacogdoches (CCI)
Parker County Attorney’s Office, Weatherford (Service Dogs, Inc.)
Phoenix Center, Marble Falls (CCI)
Scotty’s House Child Advocacy Center, Bryan (CCI)
Smith County District Attorney, Tyler (CCI)
Texas CASA (CCI)

Utah
Children’s Justice Center, Provo (CCI)
Salt Lake City Police Department (CCI)
Uintah and Daggett Counties’ Children’s Justice Center, Vernal (CCI)
Weber County Attorney’s Office, Ogden (CCI)

Virginia
Chesterfield Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court (Saint Francis)
Child Abuse Program, CHKD, Norfolk (CCI)
Child Advocacy Center of Bristol/Washington County, Bristol (CCI)
Children’s Trust of Roanoke Valley, Roanoke (Saint Francis)
Collins Center & Child Advocacy Center, Harrisonburg (CCI)
Fairfax County Dept. of Family Services (CCI)
Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney, Stafford County, Stafford (CCI)
Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney, Staunton County, Staunton (CCI)
Norfolk Police Department (Mutts with a Mission)
SafeSpot CAC of Fairfax County, Fairfax (CCI)
Valley Children’s Advocacy Center, Staunton (CCI)
Virginia Beach Commonwealth Attorney’s Office (SDV)

Washington
Central Washington University Police, Ellensburg (DBL)
Children’s Advocacy Center of Grays Harbor, Montesano (CCI)
Clark County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Vancouver (CCI)
Courthouse Dogs Foundation (AVD)
Dawson Place Child Advocacy Center, Everett  – 2 dogs (CCI, ADNW)
Kids Hope, Moses Lake (ADH)
King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Seattle – 2 dogs  (CCI)
Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney, Port Orchard (CCI)
Lutheran Community Services Inland Northwest (ADNW)
Partners with Families and Children, Spokane – 2 dogs (ADH) 
SAGE Children’s Advocacy Center, Wenatchee (ADNW)
Seattle Police Department – 3 dogs (AVD)
Skagit County Prosecuting Attorney, Mount Vernon (CCI)
Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney, Olympia (ADH) 
Thurston County Monarch Children’s Justice and Advocacy Center, Lacey – 2 dogs  (ADH, CCI)
Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (CCI)

Washington, DC
Federal Bureau of Investigation, DC – 2 dogs (ADW)
U.S. Department of Justice (NEADS)

West Virginia
Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office, Moundsville (Duo)

Wisconsin
Appleton Police Department (CCI)
Sauk County District Attorney (Duo)

A Courthouse Facility Dog is a graduate dog from an assistance dog organization that is a member of Assistance Dogs International and the dog is handled by a professional working in the legal field.

ADI Accredited Assistance Dog Organizations in the US Placing Courthouse Facility Dogs

ADH – Assistance Dogs of Hawaii

ADNW – Assistance Dogs Northwest

ADW – Assistance Dogs of the West

ACTS – Assistance Canine Training Services

AVD – America’s Vet Dogs

Brigadoon Service Dogs

CCI – Canine Companions

CDC – Can Do Canines

CPL – Canine Partners for Life

CHAMP Assistance Dogs

Circle Tail

Dogs for Better Lives

Duo

ECAD – Educated Canines Assisting with Disabilities

EENP – Eyes Ears Nose and Paws

Freedom Service Dogs

Helping Paws

Hero Dogs

ICAN – Indiana Canine Assistant Network

K9s 4 Mobility

KSDS Assistance Dogs, Inc.

Mutts with a Mission

NEADS

PAALS – Palmetto Animal Assisted Life Services

Patriot Paws

Paws’itive Teams

PBB – Puppies Behind Bars

PGI – Paws Giving Independence

Power Paws

Saint Francis Service Dogs

Service Dogs, Inc.

SDA – Service Dogs of Alabama

SDV – Service Dogs of Virginia

SSD – Susquehanna Service Dogs

TLC – Tender Loving Canines Assistance Dogs

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