Michigan police department picks "Pawfficer"

Michigan police department picks "Pawfficer"




TROY, MI (AP) - A suburban Detroit police department is giving another cat a chance to take the law into her own paws.

A cat named "Pawfficer Donut" was sworn in Friday by a judge, a day after a cat named Badges was removed from the Troy Police Department due to a serious illness.

Donut will be used for therapeutic purposes and public appearances. Troy police say Badges will always be considered the department's first "pawfficer."

Troy police pledged to add a cat if it could reach 10,000 Twitter followers by April. It took just eight days to go from 4,000 to 10,000.

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— Troy Police Dept. (@TroyMI_Police) May 11, 2018