A Police Force May Get Its First "Police Cat" Because Of This 5-Year-Old Girl
They aren’t kitten.
A police station in the UK may get its first "police cat" thanks to a paw-suasive letter from a five-year-old girl, who asked her local constabulary to consider using police cats alongside dogs in their crime-fighting efforts.
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Eliza Adamson-Hopper, who has a cat named Mittens and a dog named Susie, wrote a letter to the Durham Constabulary asking them to consider enlisting police cats alongside its dogs to paw out crime.
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She explained that cats "have good ears and can listen out for danger," according to the letter shared with BBC Newcastle.
Police cats may also help police find their way home if they are lost, she added.
Chief constable Mike Barton responded to Eliza in a letter, saying he'd bring her "good idea" to the inspector's attention.
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